"My Lord, I have no hope but in Your Cross. You, by Your humility, and sufferings and death, have delivered me from all vain hope. You have killed the vanity of the present life in Yourself, and have given me all that is eternal in rising from the dead.
Why should I want to be rich, when You were poor? Why should I desire to be famous and powerful in the eyes of men, when the sons of those who exalted the false prophets and stoned the true rejected You and nailed You to the Cross? Why should I cherish in my heart a hope that devours me - the hope for perfect happiness in this life - when such hope, doomed to frustration, is nothing but despair?
My hope is in what the eye has never seen. Therefore, let me not trust in visible rewards. My hope is in what the heart of man cannot feel. Therefore let me not trust in the feelings of my heart. My hope is in what the hand of man never touched. Do not let me trust what I can grasp between my fingers. Death will loosen my grasp and my vain hope will be gone.
Let my trust be in Your mercy, not in myself. Let my hope be in Your love, not in health, or strength, or ability or human resources.
If I trust You, everything else will become, for me, strength, health, and support. Everything will bring me to heaven. If I do not trust You, everything will be my destruction."
The text above is such a powerful prayer written by a monk called Thomas Merton, he was sooo wise, his texts are really amazing.
It's Friday already, but my week is being sooooo not good. But it's fine, God is good and gave me this prayer to cheer me up and remember me that He is with me and for me!
Sooo, weekend is coming, let's see what God has prepared for me!!!
Ahhhh...not only for me, but for Brazil as well, we'll find out the new president!!! Dilma or Serra? Serra or Dilma? Ohh my God!!!
BYEEE!!!
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