God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
God, give me, allow me, transfer to me
as my right, award me, permit me,
endow me, confer, bestow on me...
Is that what I'm asking? Is it a request
or a demand? How can I be so impertinent?
How? Did you not say, "Ask,
and it will be given" and "If you believe,
you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer”?
Step Eleven says, "praying only
for knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that out."
Is not this the purpose of the Serenity Prayer?
Is God not saying to us, "I'll grant you that."?
as my right, award me, permit me,
endow me, confer, bestow on me...
Is that what I'm asking? Is it a request
or a demand? How can I be so impertinent?
How? Did you not say, "Ask,
and it will be given" and "If you believe,
you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer”?
Step Eleven says, "praying only
for knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that out."
Is not this the purpose of the Serenity Prayer?
Is God not saying to us, "I'll grant you that."?
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