Direction
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 I am doing.
And I know that if I do this, you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it.
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 I am doing.
And I know that if I do this, you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it.
Thomas Merton
Filed under: Theology on January 20th, 2005
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