That is my word to fit my phase for the month of June. Sorry that the month is almost over and I am now just writing this entry. Another word for serenity is: tranquillity. It makes more sense to say, "I purpose to daily tranquil."I picked these words for this month's theme because I need some of that serenity. I started the summer program for the first time at my job since I started in September. I heard it was going to be hard and crazy so I picked this word for some calmness and to remind me to take a break every once in awhile. It has helped me these past two weeks since the summer program started. I feel more content and peaceful with everything. There is also something else that made me pick this word.
When the month started and before this month started, I started to say the Serenity Prayer for my life every week. A friend of mine suggested that I started to do that especially if I wanted to be in a Bible study that does the same thing this coming Fall. Now I don't know if I will take that Bible Study because there has been a lot more studies that have came up since then but it is still a good idea to say that prayer every once in awhile. I said it twice as a prayer before I got distracted with so many other things and I admit it did help the next day and that whole week to go better. I need to get back on that train soon but that isn't the case here. I just wanted to write about what that prayer means to me because really it is what Serenity is about.
To have serenity or tranquility in your life, you need to accept the things that you cannot change. If you keep trying to change the things you want in life, you will just get more and more stressed out and that makes everything and everyone around you more miserable then they really have to be. Then you need to pray for the courage to change the things you can because it can be scary at times and you could sit on that one thing for the longest time wondering if you should do it or not. Most of the time, people don't end up doing it and it eats them up inside. They wonder what it would have been like if they would have done it. Then there is the most important thing: wisdom to know the difference. You have to have wisdom to know when to do certain things and the not to do them. God is the only one that can give you that kind of wisdom and when you listen to Him it can make things easier but it doesn't always.
It is strange because you have to pray for these things one day at a time because that is the easiest way to live. If you live one day at a time, then you aren't worrying about the future or the past. Some of us get so caught up in one or the other or both at the same time sometimes that it steals the peace from our lives. We don't get to enjoy the moment at that time because we are so busy thinking about other things. We need to take that time to enjoy each moment especially if you have children because they grow up so fast or for someone like me who doesn't have children but only get them for so long. I can't stay mad at them or just shove them away and not try to help them through their toughest times. That isn't me. I need to think about them more then I need to think about myself. Myself can wait til I get home but in that moment at work, I need to be thinking about the children.
We just need to surrender to God's Will and do what He says. Yes, it might be hard at times but those hard things could lead us to a more peaceful moment in life. If we learn it now, then we can apply it later in life because applying it is easier then learning it. Right? We just have to take on this sinful world as it is and stop trying to make it into something that it isn't. Yes, we would all love to live in a happy and wonderful world but that isn't the case, is it? No, so we have to be like Jesus to the world around us whether it might be easy or hard. That is God's True Will for us. As along as we remember that we are taking this world on with Christ by our sides, we can get through anything and everything. We want to be happy in this life because that just means that we will be much happier with God in the next life. If we can look past everything and just live in Serenity until that day comes, then we will be blessed even more then we are now.
All this to say that is why I picked the word "Serenity" to be in the phase for this month of June. I am learning how to have Peace and calmness through all of what life throws at me. Right now, this month has been the toughest one so far. God knew what He was doing when He wanted me to pick this word. New things and changes call for some serenity and wisdom to know what to do and say in hard situations. You never want to say the wrong thing especially when you are at work or just around people since it is the summer and all. That would be really bad.
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