a prayer for the day
my bff shared this prayer with me a long while ago, but because i had forgotten about it, she shared it with me again today. i find it gives limitless solace, and i share it with you now.
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 I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you and I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing.
And I know that if I do this, you will lead me by the right road although I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I 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
3 comments:
Oh! How beautiful...a prayer answer cc's question about god's will too! :)
ha! I just posted this! I guess I should have checked your blog first. And I posted it with precisely the connection to understanding God's will that A has mentioned. :)
i've carried this prayer in my heart since bb sent it to me, and it has livened up my soul.
truly, deep within there is a belief that if i can really let this prayer take over, god's will *will* be done.
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