Here We Go Again
The only time I ever received an “F” was one six weeks in Junior English. I protested and told the teacher, “I have never gotten an “F” before.” She said I should have. I asked what I was to tell my parents. The tender-hearted lady replied, “That’s not my problem.” Earlier this year Eva told me I was very close to receiving an “F” in retirement. She implied I was beginning to resemble the John Belushi character on the movie classic, “Animal House.” I agreed. I remembered a beautiful prayer by Thomas Merton and began praying it in earnest.
“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 that 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 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.”
Have Fun! David
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