Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Change

As I think about the word change, the Serenity Prayer comes to my mind:

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.


The coming new year will bring changes in my life..in our lives. Some changes are inevitable. Other changes are out of my desire to pursue excellence and/or reach a goal. Some changes I will have complete control of. Other changes will come in the most unexpected time and will be totally out of my control...

The result of my husband's heart exam causes us to change our lifestyle. We will now as a family eat healthier and exercise more...

My desire to be more organized will cause me to exert more effort in changing the way I do things... not to procastinate, to be more assertive and decisive.. not to move things around without accomplishing something, but to take action right away...

Change... yes, there's a lot of changes I will do, I need to do, and would have to do.. but without God's strength and wisdom... I can't and i won't...

The serenity prayer above is in it's abbreviated form. The entire prayer is as follows:

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 hardship as the pathway to peace;
taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it;
trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His will;
that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
and supremely happy with Him forever
in the next.

Amen

For more blogs on change, visit Sunday Scribblings
For a slide show with serenity prayer, click here.
Wishing you a blessed new year. Happy 2007!

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