Prayer for Guidance


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 meean 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.

-- Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude

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  1. Anonymous5:22 PM

    Thank you for the prayer for guidance....it gave me peace, as I myself have no idea where I'm headed right now. All I know is that my house is for sale,and my spouse is dying. After reading the prayer, I also know, that wherever I'm going, my Lord will be with me.
    thank-you,
    K.B.

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