CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART

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            CREATE A CLEAN HEART

Portions of Psalm 51 have been set to music.  It has been a real blessing to
me, for I can identify with the pleadings of David as he repented of the
terrible things he had done.

Although I have not been guilty of what David did, I recognize the dangers
involved in everyday life.  I am every bit as human as David was, and my
fallings short of the mark are probably as bad in the sight of God as his
were.

I "sing" it in my mind as I go about my daily duties, and it has become a real
prayer of my heart.

"Create in me a clean heart, Oh, God,  And renew a right spirit within me.
Create in me a clean heart, Oh, God,  And renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from Thy Presence,  And take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.
Restore unto me the Joy of Thy Salvation.
And renew a right spirit within me."

Only God can change our hearts.  Only God can renew our spirits.  These must
be accomplished before we can again have the Joy of Salvation.

I find, in my own life, that even if I am not aware of a transgression, I reap
an abundant harvest of God's Blessing on my soul when I identify with the
pleadings of David.

Jeremiah 17:9  The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately
wicked: who can know it? 

Jeremiah 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give
every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings. 

HE KNOWS US FULLY-- YET HE LOVES US!

ISN'T HE WONDERFUL!

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