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What Is “Acceptance” in the Context of the Christian Life and Practice? Finding Peace in an Anxious World Session 2 – Acceptance Cindy Campbell God, Grant me the Serenity To accept the things I cannot change Courage to change the things I can And Wisdom to know the difference Scripture Reading Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, What is “acceptance” in the write them on the tablet of your heart. context of the Christian Life So you will find favor and good repute and practice? in the sight of God and of people. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, Opening Prayer Constant God, you who never change, morning and he will make straight your paths. through night, season upon season, from time before Do not be wise in your own eyes; and forever after, help us who are always being called to be transformed and become more like you. Help us fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. to be infused with your light so that we can be points It will be a healing for your flesh of light in and for this world. Amen (United Methodist Women Bible, 18). – Ruth Wills of the Rocky Mountain and a refreshment for your body. Conference UMW. —Proverbs 3:3–8 Centering Song: It Is Well with My Soul UMH 377 When peace like a river, attendeth my way, /When sorrows like sea billows roll Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say /It is well, it is well, with my soul It is well /With my soul /It is well, it is well with my soul Songwriters: Philip Paul Bliss / Christopher C. C. Stafford It Is Well with My Soul lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group, Music Sales Corporation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY5o9mP22V0 1 Finding Peace in an Anxious World Session 2 – Acceptance Cindy Campbell God, Grant me the Serenity To accept the things I cannot change Courage to change the things I can And Wisdom to know the difference What is Acceptance? Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the “Many people think that acceptance is a passive, doormat stance. Lord alone. You shall But acceptance is much deeper and more spiritually active than a love the Lord your God stance of resignation. Acceptance allows us to see the world, ourselves, and our loved ones as they really are” (Finding Peace in with all your heart, and an Anxious World, 36). with all your soul, and with all your might. “The prayer cannot begin with ourselves and our ability to control things. That is a self-centered prayer. The first step has to be about Keep these words that serenity and acceptance. These two actions ground us in the idea I am commanding you that something bigger—God, God’s creation, and God’s today in your heart. sovereignty—is at play” (Finding Peace in an Anxious World, 35). Recite them to your “There are reasons why many people have rejected the practice of children and talk about this kind of acceptance in their spiritual lives. For one, it can be very them when you are at hard to give up control of a situation that we desperately want to turn home and when you out differently. Another significant reason is that this line of reasoning are away, when you lie has been used to excuse harm after harm in the name of God” down and when you (Finding Peace in an Anxious World, 37). rise. Bind them as a “Acceptance can be an extraordinary gift for several reasons. sign on your hand, fix First, it is actually quite impossible to change everything that we them as an emblem on cannot accept. Accepting the things we cannot change releases us from the anxiety of living in a false reality” (Finding Peace in your forehead, and an Anxious World, 39 write them on the doorposts of your “To fear the Lord means to have great awe and reverence. It is an act house and on your of worship to fear God. It reminds us that human wisdom and gates. knowledge is really only a gift from God – the source of all wisdom Deuteronomy 6:4–9: and knowledge.” (Finding Peace in an Anxious World, 42) Just as music soothes and calms, creating can also. Create something when you are feeling anxious: bake, draw, paint, garden, fix something, use your hands to be creative. 2 .
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