<Dd> and the Wisdom to know the difference . </Dd> <P> The earliest recorded reference to the prayer is a diary entry from 1932 by Winnifred Crane Wygal, a pupil and collaborator of Reinhold Niebuhr, quoting the prayer and attributing it to Niebuhr . Several versions of the prayer then appeared in newspaper articles in the early 1930s written by, or reporting on talks given by, Wygal . In 1940, Wygal included the following form of the prayer in a book on worship, attributing it to Niebuhr: </P> <P> O God, give us the serenity to accept what cannot be changed, the courage to change what can be changed, and the wisdom to know the one from the other . </P> <P> Wygal was a longtime YWCA official and all early recorded usages were from women involved in volunteer or educational activities connected to the YWCA . </P>

Bible verse accepting things you cannot change