LES HENSONAug 11, 20201 min readA Desire to Please YouUpdated: Aug 12, 2020My 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 willdoes 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 alwaysthough 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 (1915- 1068)
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 willdoes 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 alwaysthough 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 (1915- 1068)
