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WORTH, Rev. Dr. D. Scott; PastorFor What It’s Worth Create in Me a Clean Heart

The Season of Lent is a time for introspection, self-awareness and repentance. The following is a single verse excerpted from one of King David’s moments of self-reflection and repentance.

Psalm 51:10

10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.

Have you ever looked at yourself and realized you had the wrong spirit about something/someone?


That very realization occurred to me while I was in college. A friend and I had a conversation where he shared with me some ill-conceived activity that then back fired on him and left him emotionally injured. At the moment I said courteous things to him…but later that evening as I began my conversation with God in prayer – it became clear to me that even though I said courteous things to him…truth be told, I really didn’t care. And I knew in that moment, that I really should care. As I pondered thinking about that I should care – yet I didn’t…A new prayer formed in me that would become a part of my daily practice. I prayed that God would change my heart…Specifically that God would change my heart toward others.
Then about two years later, a different friend did a similar thing. And I responded in not only a courteous way but also in “I am there with you way”, in an authentic way. Later that evening when I was talking with God, as I started my daily prayer that God would change my heart, I realized – that something had changed! I realized that I truly did care about this other person who had shared his heart with me. It was not just a courteous response which emanated from within me…but a heartfelt one. My heart had changed.
I tell you all this story so that you will know – God does hearts. It may take time (for me it was two years)…but God really does do hearts. During this Season of Lent consider King David’s prayer – “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.

Blessings,

 

Your Pastor,

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