"The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise" (Psalm 51:17).
Psalm 51 is a beautiful song of repentance. The Psalmist deeply desires to turn and re-turn to the LORD, and the psalmist knows that first his heart must be vulnerable and wide open to the movement of God. This is a wonderful psalm to pray each day during Lent when we are taking the time to consider how closely we are aligned with Jesus. So much of re-turning to God is a recognition of what we do to separate us from God and then seeking the empowerment from the Spirit to change our ways, to be reoriented: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
We cannot hide from our sin---God already knows. But we can turn from it; we can hand it over to God and ask for it to be removed from our hearts. Remember, wherever there is repentance, there is also renewal. After death comes life. Easter is just around the corner.
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