I have chosen this prayer of Thomas Merton for the preface of a workbook I am writing to encourage preachers to join the Chicago NKP initiative (see earlier postings). I like its humility and openness and I think it works quite well for beginning 2015.
My Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going.
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 my
desire to please you
does in fact please
you.
And I hope that I
have that desire
in all that I am doing.
in all that I am doing.
I hope 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.
In the many uncertainties ahead may we seek to do what God desires in 2015. All good wishes for a fulfilling year ahead!
In the many uncertainties ahead may we seek to do what God desires in 2015. All good wishes for a fulfilling year ahead!