Choral Text for February 2
God, grant me serenity,
To accept the things I cannot change –
I need serenity;
Courage to change the things that I can;
And the wisdom to know the difference!
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace.
I need serenity!
Taking as You 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!
That I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy, with You,
Forever in the next!
I need serenity!
God, grant me serenity! Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
Sometimes I feel like a moanin’ dove,
Wring my hands and cry, cry, cry.
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,
Wring my hands and cry, cry, cry.
Sometimes I feel like I got no home,
Wring my hands and cry, cry, cry.
Sometimes I feel like a eagle in the air,
Spread my wings and fly, fly, fly.