Guilt: God’s Gift To Us

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Psalm 32 (vv. 1-6)

1. Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 2. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.3. When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.5. Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin. 6. Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them.

Words have meaning and words have power. One of the great themes of the Psalms is the potency of the tongue. With the words from our mouths we can praise God or curse others. We can speak truth or we can spray poison.

Some times our tongues can get the better of us and before our brain has fully engaged, some half-baked sentence has left our lips and thrust itself upon the world.

And there are equally some things that are rather less forthcoming. “I love you” or “I’m sorry” typically don’t come as quickly or as frequently as they ought to. Because of pride, or fear, or stubbornness – basically sinfulness – we don’t say what we should say and furthermore what weknow we should say.

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