Before I Was Afflicted I Went Astray!

Our heaven sent afflictions are always for our good; always designed to humble us before our God and Heavenly Father.
Going spiritually astray is a place that we find ourselves in at times as a result of our own sins and spiritual laziness; when we mindlessly and prayerlessly drift back into the world, and when we stray from Christ and from His Word. But our Father is always there with His "rod and staff" to bring us back into the fold.