Psalm 119 IX: Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not thy law

From Psalms

Psalm 119:129-144
                        Pe
¹²⁹Thy testimonies are wonderful:
      therefore doth my soul keep them.
¹³⁰The entrance of thy words giveth light;
      it giveth understanding unto the simple.
¹³¹I opened my mouth, and panted:
      for I longed for thy commandments.
¹³²Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
¹³³Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
¹³⁴Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
¹³⁵Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
¹³⁶Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

                   Tsadhe
¹³⁷Righteous art thou, O Lord,
      and upright are thy judgments.
¹³⁸Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded
      are righteous and very faithful.
¹³⁹My zeal hath consumed me,
      because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
¹⁴⁰Thy word is very pure:
      therefore thy servant loveth it.
¹⁴¹I am small and despised:
      yet do not I forget thy precepts.
¹⁴²Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
      and thy law is the truth.
¹⁴³Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me:
      yet thy commandments are my delights.
¹⁴⁴The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting:
      give me understanding, and I shall live.

Wow, it feels so good to be making entries in this blog, again...and making a connection with God.  Gods word lifts the weight of worry and addiction from my shoulders.  His word puts life into perspective.  When work and life's other pursuits consume me His testimonies and commandments bring me back.

I have to be honest.  In my absence from my posts, from time to time, I have fallen off the wagon and back into my addictions.  We addicts, no matter how long our sobriety, are never immune.  However, I can say that in sobriety you do gain awareness.  In that awareness you realize when you drift from your support, drift from your tools, and drift away from God.  And in coming back to my blog posts I am coming back to my tool of prayer, but more importantly returning to the grace and healing of God.

In this hour of recovery do you know where your support is?  God bless.

Thanks for letting me share.