Lord help.

A Meditation by Rev. Cameron Trimble

“How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?” (Psalm 13:1)

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Ok, ya'll.

I was holding it together through all of the announcements of the new administration positions...until the news of Matt Gaetz being nominated for Attorney General. And then my Jesus-lovin, open-hearted, non-anxious self LOST it. 

So, I am going to take today off and remind myself to be a good Christian. I will be back at it next week.

In the interim, I leave us all with a poem by the Fr. Thomas Merton, which anchors me in such times: 

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.

I am glad we are in this together. Enjoy your weekend.

Cameron