宁静祷告中英文和丢勒的“祈祷之手”背后的感人故事

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宁静祷告中英文神学家尼布尔祈祷之手丢勒 |
美国神学家尼布尔1934年写下了一篇堪称20世纪最著名的祷告文:
宁静祷告
上帝,请赐予我平静,
去接受我无法改变的。
给予我勇气,
去改变我能改变的,
赐我智慧,
分辨这两者的区别。
过好我的每一天,
享受你所赐每一刻,
把困苦当成通往平安的道路,
像主耶稣那样,接受这罪恶的世界,
按其现实本相,而非如我所愿
相信他会使一切变得美好,
只要我顺服他的旨意;
我可以在此生有合宜的欢乐,
并在永生里,与他永享至福。
阿门。
Serenity Prayer
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.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship 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 reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
Amen.
为题图的名画附上下面的背景故事: