The Road Ahead of Me

Thomas Merton

Beloved Creator, 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 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 to you 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 with me
And you will never leave me to face my perils alone