Saturday, September 21, 2013

Thomas Merton's Prayer

I saw this, or was sent this.  I am helped by this.

"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 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." 

From http://goo.gl/haLv2

As I age, as I live more experience, as I wonder about relationships I thought I understood, and as I am pounded back to a few experiences I know were real, this prayer works for me most of the time.

How about you?  Would you try living with this, and then leave a comment.  Let us know whether, or how, this expresses something authentic for you (or not).

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