{"id":3540,"date":"2017-05-26T08:39:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T06:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/augustinianheartblog.wordpress.com\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2024-03-05T16:21:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:21:41","slug":"where-am-i-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/augustinian-heart-blog\/vocational-reflection\/where-am-i-going\/","title":{"rendered":"Where am I going?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1103\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agostinjani.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/goingglobal.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"goingglobal\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My Lord God, <strong>I have no idea<\/strong> where <strong>I am going<\/strong>.<br \/>\nI <strong>do not see the road<\/strong> ahead of me.<\/p>\n<p>I <strong>cannot know for certain<\/strong>\u00a0where it will end.<br \/>\n<strong>Nor do I really know myself<\/strong>, and the fact that<br \/>\n<strong>I think I am following Your will<\/strong> does not mean that I am actually doing so.<\/p>\n<p>But <strong>I believe that the desire to please You<\/strong> does in fact please you.<br \/>\nAnd <strong>I hope I have that desire<\/strong> in all that I am doing.<br \/>\nI hope that <strong>I will never do anything apart from that desire.<\/strong> And I know that, if I do this, <strong>You will lead me by the right road<\/strong>, though I may know nothing about it.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore <strong>I will trust You always<\/strong> though <strong>I may seem to be lost<\/strong> <strong>and in the shadow of death<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<strong>I will not fear<\/strong>, for <strong>You are ever with me<\/strong>, and<strong> You will never leave me to face my perils alone.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>Thomas Merton<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u00a0where 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. 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