The Pilgrim's prayer

I commit to the journey, not knowing where it will lead.

I trust in your spirit, Lord, to open the doors, so that I may progress.

When the way is clear, I rejoice.

When the way is clouded or confusing, I wait patiently for clues.

For the crooked road invites me to surrender to your plan.

And no matter how many times I do it, I still struggle each time You ask it of me.

For in truth, I would like to have "arrived" and not still wander.

And yet, I am on a journey, a journey that calls forth faith.

A journey that challenges me to continue moving and not sit idly by.

Sometimes, though Lord, I get pretty tired of the journey.

So send down some of that loving Presence, to encourage my soul.

For otherwise, I might falter and stumble.

Which is not the end of the world.

But is a type of darkness. And You are Light.