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.
- Thomas Merton
the sentiment of my heart as i think about my life on this eve of a new year.
i took this picture while sitting on a rock in the middle of the stream - thinking about the same.
WOW! when i added the above post to my blog exactly two years ago on December 31, 2008, i had no idea of the perils and trials that the new year would bring. i loved Merton's prayer, but was unaware of how powerfully relevant the words were about to become in my life. i believe God gave me that prayer because He knew how desperately i would need it. He certainly heals the wounds of our past and gives us strength for today, but how amazing is it that He also goes before us, preparing us for the unpredicatable future?!
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6
These verses could perhaps be the best advice ever.
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