When you’ve wronged someone…even yourself, do you wish you could hide from everyone…including God? Or do you apologize to those you’ve wronged…including God? Maybe it would help you to remember that no caring person expects you to be perfect. Neither does your living, loving God. He wants to experience your repentance with you. When you pray and say, “renew a right spirit within me, Lord“, He’ll hear you and help. That’s love.

You’ll notice where I’m writing “renew a right spirit within me, Lord” it has quotation marks around it…and it’s a link. I’m quoting a famous king. Just in case you’re not familiar with the story of King David, he was the youngest son in his family and yet stepped up to take down the Philistine giant, Goliath. He did many mighty things…and…he did some bad things.

Sound like your life?

I relate to King David. He was a singer songwriter, like me, and he desired to serve and worship God…even though he messed up. In fact, sometimes he messed up other lives in a big way. David’s Psalm 51 is a prayer of repentance. I urge you to read it and see what a heart sounds like when it’s truly sorry. If you find yourself giving in to the weaknesses of your flesh, you can go to Psalm 51 and model a prayer after David’s song.

You don’t have to try to think of big words, or flowery words, or even a lot of words. Simply tell God you’re sorry. Tell Him how much you love Him and how much you thank Him for His love toward you. Ask Him to be with you and help you to focus outward and not be so selfish, or…

…simply say, “renew a right spirit within me, Lord”. He will. Then, go to my Family Friendly Music page and play the first song in my music player. I wrote it for all of us.

Stay tuned…