A Prayer from Thomas Merton: 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 … Continue reading
Sundown
/Sundown/ I haven’t been here for years nearly forgot this place existed well I never forgot just avoided the hurting place where the warm flicker of loving assurance faded from indifference /You better take care/ I gotta go in take care of the me who hides himself here protect him he’s been hiding for a … Continue reading
God was Here
I would like to pause to offer my deepest sense of gratitude to have come to this point of impossible passability, this wall that I keep hitting my head up against and cannot seem to go beyond. All those messages You’d left for me, God, letters carved in rock and clay at times so stupendous … Continue reading
I Know not Yet How
I know not yet how to partake in the abundance of God’s grace, know not yet how to taste its ripe and richness, to receive its bounty of boundless goodness. I know not yet how to offer myself at the table of the Lord, to dine at the feast that he has spread before me … Continue reading
Divine Love
The man, at the end of his day, looked up into the dazzling evening sky, and fell awestruck by what he saw. He was a simple man and did not comprehend, though, exactly what it was that he was seeing, so he raised his voice toward the majestic sight and asked Creator, “Creator, what is … Continue reading
The Beckoning Call
What would it look like if I could awaken to the God-given divinity that is me at the very heart and in every part of my being? What if I could learn to love myself the way God loves me, made in His image, unconditionally, perfectly, to know this unbridled love He has for me … Continue reading