appreciating god's grace

As I think about today, all I can do is Thank God for his many many blessings.
Today is my anniversary for 29 years.  I can’t believe that it’s been that long and I’m so appreciative of it all because marriages today don’t last and it’s just by God’s grace that we’re still together so I just have to give a shout to God and my husband for being so good to me.

In saying that, I realize that we can’t take things for granted, even the little things in life and really appreciate God for all that He has done and is doing in our lives each and every day.

It’s one prayer that I love and I try all the time to live up to this because we’re not in control and this prayer reminds me what’s really important.  It’s the Serenity Prayer and every time I read this, it sort of reminds me the importance of treating people the way I would want to be treated and to love even if it’s tough love, the way God loves me. 

Let us pray:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change, courage to change the things that I can; and wisdom to know the difference.  Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships 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 reasonable happy in this life and happy with Him forever in the next.

In the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen and Amen