Friday is for Heart Songs
Read Psalm 51 and 2 Samuel 11
David’s sin and confession is an invitation for all of us to look with an unblinking eye at our hearts. (The following is from the archives of an old blog I have since closed.)
Repulsed by a Look Within
An offering for The Poetry Project
Satisfy me with Yourself.
Take my shallow and fickle heart
and deepen the channels that direct it to You.
You know my heart is desperately sick.
I don’t, I can’t understand it.
But I can make real headway in describing it.
It is fickle, shallow, prideful, easily hurt, grievously self-centered,
selfish, arrogant, lacking compassion, lazy,
given to anger, resentment, bitterness and folly.
Left un-checked and untethered to Your word
it would lead me into dark prisons of experience,
shackles of sensual excess,
pits of despair and self-pity
So satisfy me with You, that all my pleasures
would be grounded in Your goodness
and the wonder of Your ways.
Go to Psalm 52
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The description of the dark side of the mind is inescapable. It is so clear we need a saviour.
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Those lyrics do remind me of my need for a Savior! The lyrics also bring to mind my favorite prayer, Lord Jesus have mercy on me a sinner! and one of my all time favorite songs, My Redeemer Lives! which truly lifts my soul to worship my Redeemer.
My Redeemer Lives
I know he rescued my soul
His blood has covered my sins
I believe, I believe
My shame he’s taken away
My pain is healed in his name
I believe, I belive
I’ll raise a banner, (oh.. hoh) cause my lord
Has conquered the grave
My redeemer lives, my redeemer lives
My redeemer lives, my redeemer lives
You lift my burden, I’ll rise with you
I’m dancing on this mountain top
To see your kingdom come
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