Monday's Morning Glory

Good Monday morning to you! This morning I was thinking about King David and his life as I was reading today's Psalm. King David held such a place of honor and significance in the LORD's heart, and he was, by no means, a perfect man. This fact alone gives me incredible hope. King David knew he wasn't a perfect man, and made known his mistakes to the LORD, begged for forgiveness and tried again. This is an example for me, that when I mess up royally and go to the LORD for forgiveness, I don't have to carry that around anymore! I find that I will hold on to a poor choice or sin, even after I have repented and been forgiven. Why? Maybe I don't think I am worthy of the sin being wiped away for good, maybe I haven't forgiven myself or maybe I don't know how to let it go. Probably a little, or a lot, of all three, if I am completely honest. I want to fully experience the freedom that I have in the LORD. He has lifted that burden from me, and I pray, that I won't heap it back on myself! As Kay Arthur states in her book, "Lord, Heal My Hurts," "stop dragging the old, dead self out of the closet and chaining him to your leg!" Let the old self go, and live in the present new self, bought for us by the blood of the Lamb. For as King David said in Psalm 51 in regard to his sin, "Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow." (vs.7b) The LORD then brings us in close, even as close as His Right hand like He did for David, and gives us His freedom.
"The LORD says to my Lord;
'Sit at my right hand until I make
your enemies a footstool for your feet."
Psalm 110:1