a worthy companion
So, my friend Jake gave me this quote a while back and I thought it a worthy companion to my post from earlier today (that's right...two in one day!!!). I love this quote...thanks for sharing Jake!!!!! :-) May you all be blessed with Thomas Merton's words as I was.
"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
"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
posted by Rach @ 1:42 PM
5 Comments:
At 10:46 PM PDT,
Unknown said…
so good, so good. Thank you Jake, thank you Rach and thank you Tom Meton and thank you God. Sweet Quote.
Rach!!! So good to read your blog - what a blessing you continue to be to me. Thank you.
I'll continue to read your posts as I do find them quite interesting =) I can hear your voice reading the words on my screen. - and that I enjoy! -e
p.s. any attractions or places in Chicago you enjoyed that you'd recommend for Miss Crystal and I to check out? I hope your sister is doing well and continuing to use her voice for His Beautiful Glory.
Love you Miss Rach. -E
At 11:17 PM PDT,
Chris Shotwell said…
rachel... help! I'm being attacked by anonymous comments!
At 11:36 AM PDT,
Chris Shotwell said…
Aren't you overdue for another posting? I love reading what you have to say!
At 11:58 AM PDT,
Rach said…
look! two pics! It's like a Chris slideshow!!!!
At 7:08 PM PDT,
Anonymous said…
wow. beautiful.
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