Prayer for direction

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.

Fr Thomas Merton


My prayer for direction
My Lord God,

You who created me. You who know all things. You who have a plan for me. You who I pray to. Do you hear my prayer? Please guide me.

I have no idea where you want me to go. Where you want me to be. I am stepping out each day in Faith and hope. Using the talents and virtues you have given me as best I can. If I am heading in the wrong direction, please turn me round. If I am going in the right direction, please continue to lead me there.

I trust. You. My friends, my intellect. My church.

Amen