William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - The Prayer (1865)
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 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 I will 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.
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What a powerful prayer.
I so often fail at my attempts to be "good", but Christ alone purified me when He died on the cross. He is my hope, my strength and my future.
~B
1 comment:
Again, thank you! Funny how He gives what we need in times/places we don't expect!
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