God, give me grace to accept with serenity

the things that cannot be changed,

Courage to change the things

which should be changed,

and the Wisdom to distinguish

the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,

Enjoying one moment at a time,

Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,

Taking, as Jesus did,

This sinful world as it is,

Not as I would have it,

Trusting that You will make all things right,

If I surrender to Your will,

So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,

And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.

– Reinhold Niebuhr

I love this prayer, right now it speaks to where I am. I’m going to add one more prayer a friend of mine taught me:

God I am agitated and doubtful right now

Help me to stop and remember that I have made a decision to let You be my God.

Give me the right thoughts and actions.

Save me from fear, worry, anger, self-pity or foolish decisions

That Your will not mine be done.

Selah.xx

Thank you God for friends that see in us, the people we were created to be…not who we are presently.