Wisdom to Know the Difference

Posted January 29, 2013 - Wisdom


“God doesn’t prevent stupid.”  ~JJM

For over 27 years I have been working on my thinking and the greatest tool I have found in helping me get my thinking aligned with God’s thinking is The Serenity Prayer and I know we just spent a couple of weeks on it but I can never get enough of this prayer:

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

The courage to change the things I can,

And the wisdom to know the difference.  Amen.

There are 3 steps to this most powerful prayer and when committed to putting action to this prayer on a daily basis, you will grow in wisdom and serenity…I write from experience.

1.  God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change…

  • God, help me accept people, places, things and situations I have no control over.
  • God, help me accept the past.
  • God, help me accept things I don’t like.
  • God help me live life on life’s terms.
  • God help me quit playing God.

2.  The courage to change the things I can… 

  • God help me change me and my thinking by helping me align my will with your will.
  • God give me the desire to pray and seek your guidance and wisdom in all I do.
  • God help me stay away from spaces, places and faces that provoke my old thinking.
  • God help me stay close to spaces, places and faces that provoke the new way of thinking I yearn for.

3.  The wisdom to know the difference. 

  • If I quite trying to change other people places and things I have no control over, and I spend my time changing my thinking, I will quit looking stupid….
  • WISDOM HAPPENS!

P.E.A.C.E.

Jay@EagleLaunch.com

Romans 12:2, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.  Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

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