Friday, January 22, 2010

Prayer of Abandonment

I stumbled across this prayer coincidentally and could not believe how well it captured my own sentiments. Written by Thomas Merton, here it is:

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 that I think I am following your will
does not mean I am actually doing so.

But I believe the desire to please you
does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all I am doing.

I hope I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know if I do this
you will lead me by the right road
though I may know nothing about it.

I will trust you always
though I may seem to be lost
and in the shadow of death.

I will not fear,
for you will never leave me
to face my perils alone.

1 comment:

  1. I just wanted to say thank you for posting this. It met me this week, and I needed it. Thomas Merton is one of my favourites.

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