The Road Ahead

A prayer that I have been reflecting on from Vocation class, which has been comforting to me as I approach graduation:

The Road Ahead by Thomas Merton

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 am following 

your will does not mean

that I am actually doing so.

But I believe 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 ahead though 

I may know nothing about it

Therefore, will I 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.