Trusting in God (Thomas Merton)

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The Road Ahead by 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.
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 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.
 
That is a beautiful meditation.
Thank you for sharing!
 
I love this prayer. It is one of the prayers I read after meditation.
 
I’ve been reading this prayer every night after my rosary for years now … beautiful prayer.
 
Thanks.
The Christian life is full of paradoxes. Christ promises it. “you must lose your life to find it”.
 
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