Psalm 23:1-3 

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want; he makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Dante Alighieri, a fourteenth century Florentine poet, was thirty-five years old when he wrote The Divine Comedy.  At that time in his life everything was falling apart. He was on the loosing side of a failed revolution, exiled from Florence. Dante’s life was flooded with disappointment and uncertainty and from this place of doubt and fear came the first words of The Divine Comedy: “In the middle of the journey of our life I came to my senses in a dark forest, for I had lost the straight path.”  Not always, but sometimes when we face great periods of darkness and aridity it is because we have strayed from the path of the righteous. Take a moment today and reflect. Who is leading you in your life right now? Does your life seem like a dark forest? Come to your senses by acknowledging your waywardness and repent.  Listen for the voice of God.