Amen
It’ll be 24 years one day at a time saying that prayer on the 23rd. of this month.
Good timing, thanks. I hope it’s ok if I post the full prayer as attributed to Niebuhr.
God, give me 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.
“...and God, please help me and Obama NOT to change what I can unless it is FOR THE BETTER...”
Feb. 5th was 20 years clean and sober.
That prayer may have saved my life.
This prayer helped me learn to think in ways I didn’t know were possible.
Since June 29, 1982 :)
I saw a variation of this prayer this morning:
Lord, give me coffee to change the things I can change, and wine to accept the things I can’t.
And we are here and we are praying .I hold you all close.If you have a ping list put me on it.I am here-Real Time.(((((Hugs)))))
I noticed most of the replies seem to be relating to chemical addiction. It is great to see the length of sobriety and the incredible changes God has made in people’s lives on this site. I too have been sober from alcohol for over 6 years now and am grateful every day.
Although this may get me flamed, I sincerely believe there is an even greater threat than chemical addiction that is spreading across the world. Sexual addiction in whatever form - adultery, pornography, same sex attraction, etc...
We have two different groups of men going through a recovery step study at our church, of which I lead half. Out of the 40 plus men, at least 30 are battling sex addiction. I see hundreds of men a year come through our doors looking for help from addictions. Most are adultery and pornography addicts that have ruined their marriages and families. Unfortunately, most quit after a month or so.
It saddens me to see many on this conservative forum so passionately defend porn. Some may not consider it a problem and that it is a “private” matter. More and more studies are showing that porn addiction creates the same chemical reactions and dependencies that chemical addiction does. It is a problem that is becomes more destructive everyday.
Flame away.