the community blog of vine & branches christian community - a journal of who we are and what we're going through as a community of faith
Pray with us
> 22nd week in ordinary time
> psalter week 2
> morning prayer
> evening prayer
> night prayer
> lectionary reading
click here to donate to palmer's medical bill fund through vine & branches. your gift through paypal will be tagged for mark's needs. note: paypal does charge a small fee per transaction, can't help that. thank you!
atom xml feed
Recent Posts
> Liz and I had a great time at the Leadership Commu...
> Heeey! We have comments now on the vine. Please in...
> Yeah, Robert!!! It must have been, as my dad would...
> test - good stuff Robert - we're so glad you have ...
> Okay! Hot dog! This is the first time I have act...
> This is a test of the emergency blogger system. R...
> Last night was good I think. Everybody else can ch...
> test
> Daggone it! I just had this great entry all typed ...
> test
Archives
> April 2002
> May 2002
> June 2002
> July 2002
> August 2002
> September 2002
> October 2002
> November 2002
> December 2002
> January 2003
> February 2003
> March 2003
> April 2003
> May 2003
> June 2003
> July 2003
> August 2003
> September 2003
> October 2003
> November 2003
> March 2004
> May 2004
> June 2004
> July 2004
> August 2004
> September 2004
> October 2004
> November 2004
> December 2004
> January 2005
> February 2005
> March 2005
> April 2005
> May 2005
> July 2005
> August 2005
I read Alan's blog for the day on his personal blog, and decided to check out Jeremiah Smith's blog. Understand that when I check out a new blog, if I like the initial entries I see, I scroll down to the beginning and read all of what's shown chronologically. It helps me get a sense of the person, and I'm maybe a little bit anal. Anyway, there's a prayer there on his June 14th entry that I liked really well, so I thought I'd reproduce it here for you:
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)
Very good stuff!!!
| posted by #Debi | 1:39 PM | |