Certain events or circumstances change us to such a degree that they become a milestone in our lives.

“Before such and so happened, I was like that.”

This morning I’m struck by the Psalmist mentioning something like that twice:

“Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word” (Psalm 119:67).

Then a bit later he mentions it again:

“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes” (Psalm 119:71).

If I must be afflicted, I want to get the most benefit from it.

As they say, may it make me better, not bitter.

If affliction makes me more a person of the Word, then it should be worth it.

If.

We were trudging uphill on an extremely muddy cow path. The going was very difficult and exhausting.

When we saw a route less gooey and more firm, we thought about our way, we thought about that way, and we turned our feet into the better way.

“I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies” (Psalm 119:59).

Just where am I headed in life? And how am I getting there?

Every now and again, I need to purposefully think about my life, my purpose in life, and the road in which I’m walking.

And then set my feet in the path that’s God’s Word.