A 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 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 struggles alone.
- Thomas Merton

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2 Responses to A Prayer

  1. don says:

    feel like God led me to this site, i didn’t even know what i was looking for when i typed the words into the search engine that led me here. just wanted you to know that God used your site to encourage someone who needed it. i praise God and give Him all the glory, and i thank you. may He bless you and continue to use you to accomplish His will.

  2. Will says:

    Thank you, Don, and you are welcome as well.

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