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Friday, May 03, 2019

The Thomas Merton 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 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 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 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.

2 comments:

Sylvia said...

Thanks for posting this. I really enjoyed it. Now I have to find out who Thomas Merton was.

hillgrandmom said...

What a beautiful prayer!