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 I will 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
-A prayer that a dear friend sent recently that brought me the reality that we never face our seasons of life alone. Although I am not currently "working," my desire to please and glorify God does in fact please and glorify Him. What an amazing truth. "For man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart" 1 Samuel 16:7b.
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