I know I have posted this before, but in light of yesterday’s message, I felt it was worth repeating. I listened to a TEDtalk in which one of the speakers said, “I learned that, I can do anything for a day. But for the long haul, I know I need others.” Profound reality.
Serenity, sobriety, mindfulness, wholeness, holiness is not a solo-enterprise. It takes a community to lift you, pull you, carry you, challenge you, hold you and help you. The first stanza of Reinhold Neibuhr’s famous prayer is a beginning. But the next stanzas lead to the fullness and the finish. The goal. Let’s pray it and live it in FULL.
God, grant me the Serenity To accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And 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.
