I trust you always..

Prayer of Trust by Thomas Merton

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.

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Paddy
Paddy

Wow. This Prayer just made me realize how much this describes my feelings. I didn’t always follow my faith. I was living a life that was rat race. Then something happened to me. I’m not going to reveal it but it caused me to realize how foolish I had been. This prayer describes how I feel now. I’m back. But is it enough? I strive to make it happen. I will never go back to what I was.

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