We have been asked by the family of Mrs Betty Cox to have the serenity prayer read at her funeral. It is a beautiful prayer. Most people only know the shortened version. Most people do not know the name of the author. He was a professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
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 a pathway to peace, taking, as he did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would like it.
Trusting that he will make all things right, if I surrender to his will. That I may be reasonably happy in this world and supremely happy in the next.
Written by Dr Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr.
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