The psalmist prays: "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me." Psalm 51:10
David wrote this psalm recognizing his own sin: and after acknowledging his sin, he asks God to create in him a clean heart. We can also pray these same words. If you have recognized the gravity of your own sin and confessed that sin, then you can also ask that God will help to renew you.
We can be thankful that we have a God to whom we can bring all of our sinfulness and need not hide anything from God's presence. We can know that God will not despise a "broken and contrite heart." vs. 17.
Lent is to be a time for renewal. May your prayer life include confession where needed, but also know of God's desire to lead you on the path to greater holiness.
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- Rev. Martin W. Pauschke
- I have been pastor at Savior Divine since July 2004. Prior to my current position, I had served at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Maywood, IL, and Trinity Lutheran Church in Runnemede, NJ. I graduated from Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, IN, with a concentration in musicology and graduated from Concordia Seminary in Exile (Christ Seminary - Seminex) in St. Louis, MO. I received a D. Min. degree from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.