Jeremiah 17: 5-8

⁵Thus says the LORD:"Cursed is the man who trusts in man
   and makes flesh his strength,
   whose heart turns away from the LORD.
⁶He is like a shrub in the desert,
    and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
   in an uninhabited salt land.
 ⁷ "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
     whose trust is the LORD.⁸ He is like a tree planted by water,
   that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
   for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
   for it does not cease to bear fruit."

These verses have been in the front of my mind for the last 6 months.  I am in transition from the first guy to the second.  Although, transition assumes too much, like a distance, I was totally the first guy, etc... The truth is that I'm somewhere in the middle and have been for a very long time.  My trust in the Lord was there but (like the depth of my faith) was shallow for a long time.  I'm thankful for the Village, recovery, and my community for helping me to give up spiritual milk for meat and potatoes.  It's been a hard transition (again a flawed term) but I feel so much more deep in the Lord.  I truly seek to obey Him and desire to please Him.  Not that I do it perfectly, or fail literally every day, but to dig into Him all the more every day.