Day 13: Serenity
You have said it.
You have heard others say it.
"IT IS WHAT IT IS"
meaning
"An expression used to characterize a frustrating or challenging situation that a person believes cannot be changed and must just be accepted"(dictionary.com).
You have said it.
You have heard others say it.
THE SERENITY PRAYER~
"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. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardship as a pathway to peace; taking, as JESUS did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that YOU will make all things right if I surrender to YOUR will; so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with YOU forever in the next.
Amen" (Reinhold Niebuh)
And then you start to say it
because that is what HE said to say
when
"IT IS WHAT IT IS"
&
SERENITY is what you crave~
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to GOD..."
And then SERENITY becomes reality~
"...And the peace of GOD, which transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds in CHRIST JESUS" (Philippians 4:6-7).
Because
SERENITY isn't something that
you can conger up your own
as it is
only found in TRUSTING in the ONE who you are asking for it~
"YOU will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in YOU" (Isaiah 26:3)
And then
"IT IS WHAT IT IS"
isn't so bad because
it becomes better than you have expected~
"...And the GOD of PEACE will be with you" (Philippians 4:9)
Because when you know
THE GOD OF SERENITY
then
SERENITY
becomes way
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
because
GOD overwhelms you
and changes you
despite the unchangeable.
And all GOD asks is for
you & me & everyone else
to
BE STILL & KNOW
that
GOD IS GOD
and nothing or no one
can ever change HIM,
yet
HE changes
"IT IS WHAT IT IS"
to
HE IS WHO HE IS
because
HE is
"THE PROMISE KEEPER"
(listen to the song below)
https://youtu.be/H8XivMN3Ado