Thoughts in solitude

Thomas Merton - Thoughts in solitude

My Lord God,

I have no idea where I am going.

I do not see the road ahead of me.

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 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.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ - Amen.

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