There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin. Psalm 38:3
Mighty and Merciful God,
In this lenten season,
many Christians around the world spend time
reflecting on our sins
as we prepare to celebrate
the outrageously good news
that Christ died and rose for those sins.
How appropriate then to join David
in his mourning and anguish over his sin,
as he cries out,
“For my iniquities have gone over my head;
like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me” (Psalm 38:4).
Lord, help us to see that without Christ,
we’d be sunk by our sin.
Help us to smell
the festering wounds of our own foolishness (Psalm 38:5).
But most of all, help us to collapse
completely on your grace,
crying out to you as David did,
“O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my sighing is not hidden from you,”
knowing that “it is you, O Lord my God,
who will answer” (Psalm 38:9, 15).
In Jesus suffering name. Amen.
Read Psalm 38.
