Prayer
“Teach us to pray.”
--The disciples of Jesus making a special request
Today we conclude this exploration focused on the theme of prayer.
Today’s prayer returns us to the Christian tradition and to the pen of Reformed Church theologian and preacher, Reinhold Niebuhr. Most of us have heard the beginning part of this prayer that has been entitled “The Serenity Prayer.” Today I share with you the rest of that prayer.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking 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,
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with you forever in the next.
May your today be filled with good things and may your weekend be happy.
Prayer: Thank you, O God, for another week spent among your people. Amen.
Ben Keckler
01.23.09
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