Serenity

Parenting is hard. I often feel like a failure. Sometimes it seems like no matter what we try, we can't get through to our children. Behaviors continue despite every attempt to correct them. The house is a mess all the time. I often wonder to myself if I am really qualified for this job of raising godly children?

Then I saw this,

And I remembered the serenity prayer.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. I cannot change my children. That is up to God.

The courage to change the things I can. I can change my response to my children's behaviors from anger to self-control.

And the wisdom to know the difference. So God, give me your wisdom in those challenging moments. Help me to have a calm response, grant me serenity.