The Road Ahead
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
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,
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