MONDAY’S MONK: MERTON ON CONFIDENCE

January 30th, 2006 · Posted in Monday's Monk ·

 Thomas MertonLast week I read a post at Monastic Mumblings about the author preparing for a Novena — or a prayer vigil — for his brother who is very sick and in the hospital. He gives this quote from Thomas Merton  :

"We do not see the way that lies ahead of us. It seems dark, but God is the Master of all destinies and His will is love. Let us then put aside everything else and trust ourselves completely to Him, giving ourselves to His love, asking Him to enlighten and guide us in the way of positive action, if any such action is feasible. For the rest, we must have great patience and sustained fidelity to His will and to our ideals."

So many times we must entrust ourselves to God’s will — and have confidence that God will guide and direct us in the ways we should go.

You can read the post from Monastic Mumblings here.  I am sure a comment of encouragement and prayer would also be appreicated.

Until next time — Shalom!  Bill

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