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Opening Prayer: 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 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. (Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton)

Scripture: John 21:18-19

Journal: Where is God asking you to trust him, even though you cannot clearly see the road ahead?  Will you?  What will that look like?

Reflection:

It may be that when we no longer know what to do,
we have come to our real work
and when we no longer know which way to go,
we have begun our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings.

                                    ~Wendell Berry

Prayer

Closing Prayer: Your way led through the sea, your path through the mighty waters; yet your footprints were unseen.  You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. (Psalm 77:19-20, ESV)  Please lead me.