GOTTA MAKE MYSELF STOP
Today's reading:  Psalm 51-53

"Don't keep looking at my sins..."  Psalm 51:9 NLT

I'm not sure I can speak for you, but I am my worst critic.  I'm hard on myself.  I berate myself over failed attempts that I'd view in someone elses' life to be simple mistakes.  I nit-pick my flaws to the bone.  I have a running tally in my head of all my sins, mis-steps and slip-ups.

Maybe David did, too.

He wrote this psalm during a time he was pondering his conversation with Nathan about the story of the little lamb stolen from a neighbor.

David was wrong in what he did.

David changed lives by what he did.

David broke God's heart by what he did.

But God forgave.  God cleansed.  God chose, by His nature, not to bring it up again.

So, did David write those words to remind God not to look at his sins anymoe or did he write it to remind himself?

What's happened has happened.  What's over is over.  What's forgiven by God is not brought up again!