Aug 10.99: Light For The Day - "I sometimes Wander"

"I wander about like a lost sheep;
so come and look for me, your servant,
Because I have not forgotten your laws."
-- Psalm 119:176 

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"I sometimes Wander"

LORD, I sometimes wander away from You.
But this is not because I am deliberately 
turning my back on You. It's because of
the inconstancy of my mind. I weaken in
my intention to give my whole soul to You.
I fall back into thinking of myself as my 
own master. 

But when I wander from You, my life
becomes a burden, and within me I find
nothing but darkness and wretchedness,
fear and anxiety. So I come back to You,
and confess that I have sinned against You. 
And I know You will forgive me.

-- Aelred Of Rievaulx

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"The LORD is my shepherd, ...........
He restores my soul. He leads me in paths
of righteousness for his name's sake."
-- Psalms 23:3 (RSV)