A friend shared with me this prayer by Thomas Merton from his book Thoughts in Solitude.
It caught my attention, particularly during this time of so many unknowns and so much change. I hope it is meaningful to you as well.
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 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.
By Thomas Merton from Thoughts in Solitude (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1958).
