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,
�����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.
����������Thomas Merton (1915-1968) |
