Are you knowledgeable about the serenity prayer? Do you know how this prayer can transform the life of a person? This prayer is perfect for those who find themselves seeking peace, strength and wisdom in life. There’s an article I’ve read that mentions about serenity prayer. This post mentioned about the people who became addicted to drugs and that they find it difficult to change their lives. John-Ross Boyce, the writer of this article, mentioned, “There’s an old prayer in rehabilitation centers to help bolster the downtrodden spirits of drug addicts and alcoholics. It goes, “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.” Addicts have these things called “triggers” situations or problems that drive them to consume unhealthy amounts of alcohol/crack/horse tranquilizers. The whole point of the Serenity Prayer is that the problems which plague you may have fix or not, but that does not matter. What really matters is your attitude when confronted with your daily demons.”

You see, the Serenity Prayer is something that any person must pray to God in times they need strength to get rid of the struggles in life. However, we must put in mind that when we pray, we must always implement it. This prayer helps us to try and do ways to overcome our problems and not merely watch for those prayer to come into reality. Since we’ve got our control on our own body, we must have the will and courage to make our prayers answered. We should not wait for God’s signal for all of us to do something; we must have faith and trust in Him that He is going to be with us in times we are having difficulties.

Sometimes people blame God if their prayers are not answered. But, have you ever think you gave your very best to make those prayers possible to happen? This post written by John Boyce is about his personal opinion that there are problems that may be easily fix; we just must put this into action. For instance, if someone is overweight, he or she must do their very own best to lose weight; the solution for it is to have a daily exercise or have a balance diet. When someone is a smoke addict, he or she must develop the will to quit smoking; that could be the best solution to stop his or her problem. When someone thinks their relationship just isn’t working anymore, the person should make a way to save it; or you can stop the relationship if you are not happy anymore. If you think the examination is very difficult to pass, then you certainly must study harder to get good grades.

Apart from those problems we could easily fix, there are also some issues that we simply cannot solve immediately. This is what Serenity Prayer is about. With this prayer, you are actually asking God to grant you the serenity to accept things that you simply cannot change, have courage to change the things that you must change and also have wisdom to learn the difference.

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths.” Proverbs 3, 5-6