To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction. (Proverbs 12:1 NLT)

An old dog saw a little dog chasing its tail and asked, “Why are you
chasing your tail so?”

Said the puppy, “I have learned that the best thing for a dog is happiness, and that happiness is my tail. Therefore, I am chasing it and when I catch it, I shall have happiness.”

Said the old dog, “My son, I too, have paid attention to the problems of the universe. I, too, have judged that happiness is in my tail. But, I have noticed that whenever I chase after it, it keeps running away from me, and when I go about God’s business, it just seems to come after me wherever I go.

³³ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

If you search for good, you will find favor; but if you search for evil, it will find you! (Proverbs 11:27 NLT)

For the director of music. A psalm of David. A song.

⁹ You care for the land and water it;
    you enrich it abundantly.
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,
    for so you have ordained it.^[d]

¹⁰ You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers and bless its crops.

¹¹ You crown the year with your bounty,
    and your carts overflow with abundance.

¹² The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;
    the hills are clothed with gladness.

¹³ The meadows are covered with flocks
    and the valleys are mantled with grain;
    they shout for joy and sing.

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Editor’s Note: The following is a report on the practical applications of Kary Oberbrunner’s book, The Deeper Path: Five Steps that Let Your Hurts Lead to Your Healing, (Baker Books, 2013).

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