Pray List
For me, this past year has truly been like no other. And while I’m learning on an ongoing basis to only try to control what I can actually control and to leave things in God’s hands to deal with, it’s been an unprecedented year on so many fronts. I feel like I’m a kid who’s been knocked down and to whom parents / other bystanders are giving the sage advice, “You’re okay. Walk it off, walk it off….”
This opportunity to unplug and spend time in solitude (for the most part) and prayer is so very welcome. Looking forward to reflecting, listening, and contemplating. Looking forward to ‘Walking it off…’ ….wherever that may take me. I hope to lift up the words to my own prayers along the way. In the meantime, I’m happy to reflect on someone else’s, such as this one:
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 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. Amen.
– Thomas Merton
More later…