Jul 16 2008
The Serenity Prayer: Prayer for Empowerment Version
The Serenity Prayer is one of my favorite prayers. I mistakenly thought this prayer is the St. Augustine’s Prayer. According to Wikipedia it is commonly attributed to Reinhold Neibuhr, a theologian.
In this post, I have expanded The Serenity Prayer to make it a prayer for personal empowerment. There is nothing radical with my version, but some religion may not agree with it.
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.
God grant me
The sense to realize that with all your goodness and love for me, you cannot have planned for me to live in poverty and scarcity.
The sight to see that abundance is my nature and I am meant to live a life showered with love, prosperity and happiness.
The ability to speak so I can only say words of hope, love, joy, goodness and to affirm the abundance in my life.
The memory to always remember my dreams and aspirations amidst the failures and frustrations.
Love so I can love myself and others.
Finally Lord, grant me
Forgiveness for not living my life according to Your expectations despite bestowing me the power to change a mediocre life.
Though I have the sense, it is easier for me to think that my mediocre life is Your will for me. And there is nothing I can do about it.
Though I have the sight, I have deliberately limited it to the reality of my situation.
Though I can speak, complaints are what come out of my mouth most of the time.
Though I have the memory of them, it is already dimming because I have chosen to believe that I cannot succeed instead of persisting.
Though You have already showered me with love unconditionally, I still cannot accept that I am worth loving.
Amen.
The first four lines of the prayer is The Serenity Prayer in the first person.
The rest of the prayer is written by Joann Ang. Copyright 2008. Some rights reserved. You may use the entire text of this version of The Serenity Prayer provided you include the writer’s resource box. You will find the resource box here. All links must be functional and must point to the author’s site.
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