If you have died with Christ …
So if you have been raised with Christ,
– seek the things from above,
where Christ is,
seated at the right (hand) of God.
– fix your thoughts on things from above
not things on the earth
for you have died
and your life is ‘safe and hidden’
with Christ
in God.
When Christ… your life… is revealed
then you too
will be revealed in glory
with him.
Therefore put to death…
God, give me 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.