Rick Lee James shares a Thomas Merton prayer from Thoughts in Solitude about trusting God's guidance when the path ahead is unclear. Merton's words express uncertainty about life's direction while holding faith that God will lead the way.
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Good morning. This Sunday morning, my devotional is coming to you from St. Mary's, Ohio. I have a couple of concerts in the area today, so I'm bringing it to you from the road. And this morning, my thoughts, my prayers have been along with Thomas Merton from Thoughts in Solitude. And if you've never read Thomas Merton, you really need to. If you want to learn how to pray, boy, Merton's a good teacher if you want to be a pupil of prayer. And this is a prayer from the book Thoughts in Solitude from Thomas Merton, and I'm making it my prayer for this morning, and I hope you'll pray along. 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 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. Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude. And I just echo that prayer this morning. I pray you will have a blessed day with the Lord and with fellowship of your community wherever you worship at today. God bless you, and I'm off to be about my day now.
