God grant me the serenity to

accept the things I cannot

change, courage to change

the things I can and 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.

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonged to him, and the other to the LORD. When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life. This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it. "LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me. The lord replied, 'My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you".