Psalm 107a

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say this—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,

3 those he gathered from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south. [a]

4 Some wandered in desert wastelands,
finding no way to a city where they could settle.

5 They were hungry and thirsty,
and their lives ebbed away.

6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.

7 He led them by a straight way
to a city where they could settle.

8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men,

9 for he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things

Tongiht I tell myself to hold fast to this promise. I tell myself to make this psalm my confession.

I must not allow myself to forget to give thanks to the lord, that his love really does endure forever, no matter how I feel or what my mind is telling me.

Right now I feel like those wandering in the desert. I feel like I'm wandering because I have tried so many paths and none of them have led me to a city of habitation. I'm hungry and I'm thirsty, and when I look around I see my life, my youth and my ambition slipping away.

But now I have to cry out. I have to cry out to the Lord in my trouble. I must not remain silent, quiet, brooding. I have to throw it all at his feet, confess my wanderings, confess my shortcomings. I must seek his face.

I must cry out to him because he is my deliverer. The scripture says the cried out to him and he delivered them from their distress.The led them by a straight way toa a city where they could settle.

I must believe. I must believe that he is faithful and I must give thanks for his unfailing love. I must settle it within me that when I cry out he will lead me to the places I need to be in my life. That he will put me in a place where I can make my habitation and that he will deliver me from all my distresses.