I will sing of loyalty and of justice; to you, O Lord, I will sing. I will study the way that is blameless. When shall I attain it? (Psalm 101: 1-2)

I love God. I know the right way. When will I choose the right way? Why do I so often choose the wrong way?

In the second psalm assigned for today we read:

Do not be silent, O God of my praise. For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. They beset me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me, even while I make prayer for them. So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love. (Psalm 109: 1-5)

I am hard pressed. Much of what I have worked to create over the last seven years is on the edge of disaster. But the most serious threats are of my own making. An enemy has never hurt me as badly as I have hurt myself. To blame others for my own failings would be an indulgence, a distraction, and to choose yet another wrong path.

Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

I certainly echo the psalmist in crying, "Help me, O Lord my God! Save me according to your steadfast love." But in my case, save me from my own foolish choices. Help me find and choose and stay on the right path.