Prayer for Today

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)

ADVENTURE!!

An adventure is a daring and exciting activity calling for enterprise and enthusiasm. This is my word for 2010. You know if you try you may fail, but if you never try you will never live! There may be things that I fail at this year, but I have determined to live.

Remember when you were a little kid and you had no fear? You didn't care if you fell off the bike. You were more concerned that you would never learn to ride without the training wheels. Somehow when we "grow-up", we lose that love for adventure.

You know it may be embarrassing to fall off the bike a few times, but I challenge you this year to try a new adventure! No matter what you can say you tried!