Thomas Merton's Prayer
My LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do i really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact pleases you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though i may know nothing about it.
Therefore i will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
~ Thomas Merton - "Thoughts in Solitude".
This prayer was given to me by a friend years ago and I found it while clearing my stuff. Amazing how this is just the perfect prayer for me right now.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do i really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact pleases you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though i may know nothing about it.
Therefore i will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
~ Thomas Merton - "Thoughts in Solitude".
This prayer was given to me by a friend years ago and I found it while clearing my stuff. Amazing how this is just the perfect prayer for me right now.