A day hemmed in prayer

seldom unravels!

The Serenity 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 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

Reinhold Niebuhr, 1926 

The Serenity Prayer 2

God, give us 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 (1892-1971) 

I put my hand in yours
and together we can do
what we could never do alone.
No longer is there a sense of hopelessness.
No longer must we depend upon 
our own unsteady willpower.
We are all together now,
reaching out for power and strength
greater than ours.
And as we join together,
we find love and understanding
Beyond our wildest dreams.

- Rozanne - 

A Prayer for the Children

We pray for the Children 
Who sneak popsicles before supper,
Who erase holes in math workbooks,
Who can never find their shoes.
And we pray for those
Who stare at photographers from behind barbed wire,
Who can't bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers,
Who never "counted potatoes,"
Who are born in places where we wouldn't be caught dead,
Who never go to the circus,
Who live in an X-rated world.

We pray for children
Who bring us sticky kisses and fistfuls of dandelions,
Who hug us in a hurry and forget their lunch money.
And we pray for those who never get dessert,
Who have no safe blanket to drag behind them,
Who watch their parents watch them die,
Who can't find any bread to steal,
Who don't have any rooms to clean up,
Whose pictures aren't on anybody's dresser,
Whose monsters are real.

We pray for children
Who spend all their allowance before Tuesday,
Who throw tantrums in the grocery store and pick at their food,
Who like ghost stories,
Who shove dirty clothes under the bed,
Who never rinse out the tub,
Who get visits from the tooth fairy,
Who don't like to be kissed in front of the carpool,
Who squirm in church and scream in the phone,
Whose tears we sometimes laugh at and
Whose smiles can make us cry.

And we pray for those
Whose nightmares come in the daytime,
Who will eat anything,
Who have never seen a dentist,
Who aren't spoiled by anybody,
Who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep,
Who live and move, but have no being.

We pray for children
Who want to be carried and for those who must,
Who we never give up on,
And for those who don't get a second chance.
For those we smother and . . .
For those who will grab the hand of anybody kind enough to
Offer it.

MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON AMERICA'S CHILDREN!

Links to some of my favorite pages

History of The Serenity Prayer:  http://www.open-mind.org/Serenity.htm

Understanding the Meaning:  http://www.nidlink.com/~bobhard/serenity.html

The Serenity Prayer:  http://hometown.aol.com/Songdov/indexgg.html

Just for Today:  http://www.husky-petlove.com/alanon.html

Prayer E-Books:  http://www.usprayertrack.org/freeebook.html

Missing Cherubs (children):  http://www.marvelcreations.com/missingcherubs.html

Ordinary Woman Extraordinary God:  http://www.ordinarywoman.com/directory.html

04/26/2001 09:16 AM