Doa Abadi - 2

Doa Abadi - 1 (pada posting sebelumnya) merupakan bagian yang sering dikutip dan dipajang dengan pigura indah oleh banyak orang tanpa tahu kalau itu bagian dari sebuah doa?.

Naskah doa selengkapnya nampak di bawah ini.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity

the things that cannot be changed,

Courage to change the things

which should be changed,

and the Wisdom to distinguish

the one from the other.

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.

Doa di atas ditulis sekitar 1930/1940an oleh Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971), seorang ahli teologi, sebagai bagian dari naskah khotbahnya saat itu.

(Sumber: http://thevoiceforlove.com/serenity-prayer.html).