The Serenity To Accept...
"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." -- Reinhold Niebuhr A group of saleswomen met weekly to pray for success in their businesses. They said they were "turning their businesses over to God." I was not a part of this group, but I observed something in the room where the ladies met. One feature of the meeting room was a posted sign with the phrase, "P.U.S.H. = P ray U ntil S omething H appens." At the time, I was impressed with this phrase. The phrase seemed to exemplify powerful faith, a belief that God could and would do anything requested. The phrase seemed to represent an unlimited commitment to the power of prayer, a type of persistence in prayer that would settle for nothing less than a full manifestation of what was sought. I look back on it all now, and I wonder what it really meant. Prayer can never be rightfully used as a tool to control and ...