God, give us grace to accept with serenity.
For so many people in desperate situations -- seeking peace, strength, and wisdom .
-- those simple words have seen them through the darkest hours. .
People have come to believe that those qualities can come only from a power .
greater than themselves. And because they believe, they find the serenity, courage and .
wisdom they seek from somewhere outside themselves to face another situation, another .
step, and another day.
The first line of the Serenity Prayer says "God, grant us the serenity to accept the .
things we cannot change." There are two words in here that stood out from all the others .
the very first time I heard this beautiful prayer. The words "serenity" and "accept." .
The word "serenity" even sounds calm, peaceful, and tranquil. If we are able to .
make ourselves serene, if we can stop long enough to rest and be at peace with .
ourselves and the world around us . then maybe we can have enough serenity in our .
lives to accept "the things we cannot change" simply because we are calm enough to know .
we really don't have any other options.
When I say "The courage to change the things we can," I am not talking about .
changing others, I am mainly talking about changing myself. Many times we must set .
boundaries, and in doing so, things change. All we can do is set the boundary and .
enforce it. That is where the word "courage" comes in because in setting .
boundaries, there is a risk. The risk is that the other person will not honor the boundaries. .
In fact, in some case, they will not even acknowledge the boundaries. .
Probably the most important word and, in my opinion, certainly the most .
important phrase is the one I want to write about now. "The wisdom to know the .
difference." If we have the serenity to accept the things we cannot change and go about .
changing something that should not be changed, it could be disastrous. We need wisdom .
to make sure that what we are about to change should be changed.
First of all Prayer is sacred. ... Prayer takes divine and sincere communication with God. ... He makes me stop and rest for quiet intervals; He provides me with images of stillness, which restore my serenity. ... Prayer shows total dependence on God. ... A major part of Jesus" ministry was prayer. ...
When praying, man should be aware that Allah accepts all sincere prayers. ... There is a significant difference between the prayers of those who believe, and the prayers of pagans (idolaters). ... Giving up prayer is an explicit form of abandoning Allah. ... The soul starts to live with a feeling of separation from Allah and persistently searches in vain for an alternative for serenity and bliss. ... A true believer of Islam must never forget the importance of prayer. ...
At the center, a Buddhist worshipping was shown to release any suffering in life including chanting, prayer and meditating. ... The chanting, the group, communicated was described as a musical verse or prayer, which was no different from Christianity. However, each chant or prayer practices may have different worshipping practices. ... More importantly, during this meditation, I sat agreeably with my eyes closed because the atmosphere was very serene. ... However, several of the chants made me feel uncomfortable reciting because I was not accustom to their prayer practicing. ...
The description of Stephen's method and reason of prayer, "By means of ejaculations and prayers stored up ungrudgingly for the souls in purgatory centuries of days and quarantines and years," includes fabulous use of diction. ... Stephen no longer observes the beauty and serenity of the statue of Mary, and instead recognizes the faded color and dirty, poor location of the divine being who has meaning only in his past. ...
Among his many great qualities, there are three that are strongest of all: courage, sereneness, and will power. ... Gandhi was the answer to India's prayers. ... His courage, peace, and will, will live on forever but sadly on January 30, 1948 the little man that rebelled against a country, was assassinated on his way to daily prayer. ...
There is something serene about the sound that waves make as they crash into shore. ... Daily prayer and communication with God allows me the spiritual center that I need to stay balanced and keep in-tune with what is important in my life. ...
Doe, a student would deliver a prayer over the school's public address system prior to every varsity home football game. ... The Supreme Court ruled that "the District's policy permitting student-led, student-initiated prayer at football games violates the Establishment Clause." ... As defined by Webster's New World Dictionary, "domestic" means "of one's own country" and "tranquility" is defined as "the quality or state of being tranquil, calm or serene"; therefore, domestic tranquility can be interpreted as peace or serenity in the United States. One way the government str...
For in these pillars rests great inner peace and social peace- a harmony and serenity that is only possible if one is living the life for which one was created. ... The second pillar is the standard prayer, or salat. ... Prayers are held at dawn, midday, in the afternoon, at sunset, and then again in the evening. The prayers serve as a direct link between Muslims and God. ... The prayers contain passages from the Koran and are said in Arabic. ...
