this week is coming to an end.

I have strayed like a lost sheep.
Seek your servant,
for I have not forgotten your commands.

Psalm 119 ends with this verse - a confession, and a plea for mercy. How thankful I am that this is how the man after God's heart ends these one hundred and seventy-six verses.

Lord, "Let us live today that we may praise you, and may your laws sustain us" throughout headaches and fatigue, throughout accusations from others and from self, and despite our individual and collective sins. We are made to know and be known by You, to strive not to fit in with this world, but to cherish and obey Your commands.