Sometimes I look at what is happening in the world and go directly to FEAR.
False Evidence Appearing Real—F.E.A.R.
Fight or Flight. Die or save myself.
Every situation is not that extreme. But my mind does not know that.
God put that knee-jerk response in us for our protection and survival. I see or experience what is directly in front of me—what is actually happening. And, then there is my perception of things. The problem for me is how to discern between what appears to be true and what is not.
That’s when I go to God and surrender with 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.”
Help me with my perception of this situation, God. I need to accept that I am not the one to fix it or change it. And, then I can begin to have the wisdom to know the difference—aligning with God’s will and not my own.
The Serenity prayer helps me center and have peace in all things.
Thy will, not mine be done.
That is peace.
For me and for you.
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
2 Timothy 1:7
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