Psalm 71 (KJV): 1-15: You are my rock and my fortress

From Psalms

Psalm 71

¹In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust:
      let me never be put to confusion.
²Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape:
      incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
³Be thou my strong habitation,
      whereunto I may continually resort:
thou hast given commandment to save me;
      for thou art my rock and my fortress.
⁴Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
      out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

⁵For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD:
      thou art my trust from my youth.
⁶By thee have I been holden up from the womb:
      thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels:
      my praise shall be continually of thee.
⁷I am as a wonder unto many;
      but thou art my strong refuge.
⁸Let my mouth be filled with thy praise
      and with thy honour all the day.

⁹Cast me not off in the time of old age;
      forsake me not when my strength faileth.
¹⁰For mine enemies speak against me;
      and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
¹¹Saying, God hath forsaken him:
      persecute and take him;
      for there is none to deliver him.
¹²O God, be not far from me: O my God,
      make haste for my help.
¹³Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;
      let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

¹⁴But I will hope continually,
      and will yet praise thee more and more.
¹⁵My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness
      and thy salvation all the day;
      for I know not the numbers thereof.

God is my rock and my fortress - and I love to speak of his righteousness.  I was in a situation today, which in the past, usually would have led to me acting out in my addiction, and doing things that I would later regret.  However, today it was just a passing thought and I moved on and maintained a reasonable amount of focus on the task at hand.  I even thought for a second, "Why would have ever thought that was an appropriate thing to do in this situation?"  Which to me, demonstrates how much change God has brought into my life...awesome.  Truly, awesome.  It reminds me that I have so much to be thankful for today.

Thanks for letting me share.