Does it sometimes feel like a wall has gone
up between you and someone with whom you have shared your heart? Have you looked
inside your own heart and asked the Lord to show you what you might have done?
It breaks your heart to think you might have wounded another person, and broken
their heart. Much worse is to know you have broken the Lord’s heart.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” 1 John
1:9). “Have mercy on me, O God,” David cried, “according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my
iniquity and cleanse me from my sin” (Psalm 51:1-2). If I confess, He is
faithful to forgive, and cleanse my heart. His love is unfailing, and I will
know and experience His forgiveness once again. My heart will be pliable in His
hands. If I fail Him in anyway, my heart will horribly ache. I will feel and
know His pain as if it is my own.
If I have wounded and made another one
stumble, then forgive me, Lord. If I have said words without thinking that have
wounded, forgive me. If I have turned away from someone's painful cry because I
might suffer too, then forgive me. If I have been cold and unfeeling to
someone's need, forgive me. If I have run from my responsibility and longed to
be hidden from its requirement, then, please, forgive me. Lord, I confess the
sins that I know, and the ones that I do not know.
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew
a steadfast spirit within me (Psalm 51:10). Renew your spirit within me, Lord.
Everyday renew it. Keep me soft and pliable on your altar so your steadfast
spirit is secured within me. Guide me. Love me, and keep me safe from my own
ability to fail you. I place my life in your hands today, and trust you will do
whatever is necessary to mold me and renew my heart..
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