Drop Your Pride, Lose Your Agenda, And Pray This…
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 my desire to please you
does in fact please you.
And I hope that 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 (1915-1968)
Amen…
Los
RAIN IT DOWN
And Amen.
Amen back to you.
speechless
Heavy huh?
This is my prayer this entire week. Lost a dear, creative musician friend to a drug overdose. My daughter’s friend was shot in the hall of her school hours after she shared a seat next to him… and I’m trying to do a book launch. – puts things in perspective.
For when I am weak, He is strong.
When we are weak…He certainly is.
this prayer has been posted above my desk for the last two years. a great prayer to read before starting each day of “making my plans”
Wow. I’m going to do the same
College troubles/questions…
Thanks Los
Thanks Thomas
You’re welcome
amen.
And amen
I can’t go into details of my morning/mourning right now….
but thank you…
Amen.
Your Welcome
Thanks for posting that, Carlos. I’m two years into a church plant in the city where church plants go to die, and the discouragement, lack of vision, and sense of cluelessness is real.
chin up
Same town. Same story. 5 months in. Know that the Groves prays for Lifehouse Lisa.
Thomas Merton is great. I am reading one of his books right now, he is an insanely wise dude.
amen.
Nothing sums up where I am at in my life right now than this prayer. Carlos thank you for posting it.
You’re welcome man./ Chin up
O Lord and Master of my life, give me not the spirit of sloth, idle curiosity, lust for power and idle talk.
But grant unto me, Thy servant, a spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love.
Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see mine own faults and not to judge my brothers and sisters. For blessed art Thou unto the ages of ages. Amen.
-Prayer of St. Ephrem the Syrian
Now, that’s a prayer.
I really like that jeremy. I saw a lecture once on the “sin of the sloth”, very convicting. Thanks for the reminder
i NEEDED to read this today. by the end of this month i have to move out of my apartment.
i have no place to move to in 2 weeks.
im a single mom with a son and a dog who has a very tight budget for rent…
i have faith that He will provide. I do not question His faithfulness. i just dont know where im going next.
and your blogpost was a timely word…
thanks for sharing this.
Thank you Los, I needed that!
spot on. thanks for the encouragement.
I love when you read or hear something that explains you to you. You feel a certain way but can’t quite put into words what you’ve been praying in desperation for a while and then God brings along something that resonates and makes such sense that again… it explains you to you.
Thank you. Hopefully be seeing you and “hanging” a bit on Saturday night. Peace.
Amen.
(And thank you for posting it. I am going to print it and post it next to my front door so I can read each morning before entering the battle field..my church has a sign when you are leaving the parking lot that says “now entering the battle field”)
These types of prayers give me both comfort and extreme hope. Comfort that it seems to hit me right where I’m at, and extreme hope because apparently that guy has been there, too. Thomas Merton and I are probably very different, but He never changes. Amen to that.
Dear Los,
I live in the Netherlands. And isn’t it funny that these words just happen to be the words I needed to hear and pray an ocean away from you? Thanks!
Bram
Those old guys could teach us a thing or two about prayer. Awesome words…
Thanks Los.
wish you knew how much i needed that right now. God knows what we need when we need it.
Wow Los! Haven’t been to your blog in awhile since I’ve been on vacation. This post is right where I’m at right now. Every line of it.
I’ve been seeing this girl who lives in MN. I’ve never felt about a girl the way I feel about her. I’m ready for this next step in my life. But also want to make sure I’m making the right decision. Changing jobs would obviously also be a part of this equation. Scary stuff… but exciting stuff too. Nobody every did anything great by sitting on their rear ends right?!
That’s HUGE – thanks for sharing!
Wow. Thank you for sharing! I lost my job last May and had to move home to Idaho and in with my parents in November. I’m feeling so lost and discouraged. Holding on to God’s promises and trusting Him.