Preparing to Meet the Real Me

People in our community will soon be discovering "the real me" in the eyes of God, via a resource called The Me I Want to Be by John Ortberg. In preparation for that, the following prayer by Thomas Merton seemed appropriate:

"My Lord God, I do not know 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 actually does 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 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 with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone."

In the name of Jesus, amen. I'll see you around the next bend in the river.