How would you describe your spirit? Does it change from day to day? Or is it pretty consistent?
Remember David …. the man after God’s own heart … that did horrible awful thing like sleep with another man’s wife and then orchestrate her husbands death?
Yeah, he screwed up big time (no pun intended).
In Psalm 51 he confesses his sin to God. He reminds God of how he was shaped in iniquity and sin — and truly asks God for forgiveness…. he repents and asks for a clean heart.
Then in verse 12 he says:
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Maybe there is no particular order to these two things …. and that David was recognized instead that these two things are intertwined — if joy is restored we have a willing spirit. Or if we have a willing spirit, joy is naturally restored.
Thoughts to ponder on a Monday.
And here are two great songs to get that joy pumping through your soul today….
(by the way, if my kitchen looked like that when I was going to start the dishes, I’d be happy too! And it’s a good thing nobody is my office cuz me singing with my earbuds in has got to be atrocious!)
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