Wednesday, 9 January 2013

A Poem on Discernment

This is NOT my poem. I found it on the internet. It reflects a lot of what's going through my mind now.

O 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 make my journey alone.


Source: Thomas Merton, Pax Christi, Benet Press, Erie, PA.

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