Two Prayers

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.

- Thomas Merton

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My God, hunger is all that drives me forward. These tears cannot quench this throat, so thirsty for living water. I look for you in the faces of family, friends, even strangers, but see only human faces. I strain to hear your voice, but there is no whisper that comes, only echoes ricocheting across scripture. We are lovers, estranged by space, and the dove that you send carries no note from you, but only coos and leaves me watching her, unable to follow. Hunger is all that drives me forward, I will walk until I fall, You are my end.    -DMA