I hope all of you had a great summer. Now, the holidays are upon us and we’ll be busy preparing for that. Don’t forget to check out your church library for holiday reading! We’ve had some new additions this summer; they will be in the ‘new arrivals’ section.
Anonymous Donor:
Charles Swindoll: Start Where You Are, 9S
Evelyn Christenson, A Journey Into Prayer, 9L
From Ann Davis:
Jerry Bridges: Transforming Grace, 9B
Max Lucado: Facing Your Giants, 9L
From Jim Groves:
Gary Smalley: The Blessing, 11S
Charles Colson, Who Speaks for God? (Essays from Prison), 8C
Jack Hayford, The Mary Miracle, 2H
Ted W. Engstrom: The Work Trap, 19E
Hal Lindsey, There’s a New World Coming, 2L
Ted W. Engstrom: Managing Your Time, 24E
Richard B. Wilke: And Are We Yet Alive? (About United Methodism) 17W
Dr. Paul Brand & Philip Yancey: In His Image
Ann Keimel, I Love the Word Impossible, 22K
Laurence E. Morehouse & Leonard Gross: Total Fitness in 30 Minutes a Week, 24M
Hal Lindsey: The Late Great Planet Earth, 24L
I had an “Ah-Ha” moment this summer I’d like to share with you. I’m sure all of you are familiar with the Serenity Prayer – a 27-word prayer that is used in many 12-step organizations throughout the world. But did you know those 27 words are just the beginning of a very powerful prayer? Here is the COMPLETE 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 the pathway to peace.
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is – not as I would have it.
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with Him, forever, in the next.
Amen.
I literally stumbled upon this prayer and it helped me get through the summer, one day at a time, one moment at a time. I hope you, also, are blessed.
Respectfully -- Faye J.
