The last time we considered change but we never touched on the initial words of the prayer,'God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change', This is not a one of thing he is talking about,no this is something permanent ,it's not going away like Pauls thorn in the flesh,it is not something you want ,but God has said no. There was a philosophy of stoicism in the Greek world that you should grin and bear it,no that's not what he is asking for,rather he is asking God for an an innner calmness.The words of a hymn come to mind they read,'
'Drop thy still dews of quitetness,
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace'. ( Words John Green Whirrier)
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