This is something that I would like written on my grave stone when I pass away. I really don’t know where I am going. At one point in my life…I thought for sure I had it all figured out…I had a plan of action. Now…all of that has been submitted for change. I simply want to please God. Nothing more…Nothing less…that is the will I desire for myself and my children to pass on to theirs.

Lord I pray you separate me from this false desire to serve my self before I serve you. I want the landscape of my life to change…right here…right now….I bow before you father tonight with open arms….thank you for your grace….thank you for your mercy….thank you for allowing all of us to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. Be Well.

Thomas Merton’s Prayer

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 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”