Who is wise and understanding among you?

Let them show
by their good way of  life
their works
             in humble wisdom. 

But if you have bitter envy
                     and selfish ambition
in your hearts,
do not boast
and lie
against the truth. 

This is not the wisdom coming from above, 
but is earthly, 
natural, 
demonic. 

For where zeal and selfish ambition are, 
there will be disorder
and every evil deed. 

But the wisdom from above is
first pure,
then peaceable, 
gentle, 
open to reason, 

Full of mercy and good fruit. 

Unwavering, 
sincere.

And the fruit of righteousness
is being sown in peace
for those who make peace. 

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.