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a church community for Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, and Christiansburg
The mission of [nlcf] is to invest in spiritual growth, invite others to follow Jesus and inspire each other to change the world.
Psalms Meditation – July 17
“A Broken and Contrite Heart”
Read Psalm 51:15-19
Tears of penitence and gladness can flow from the same ducts. Contrition before God is not a fearful cowering of the kind we observe in an abused animal, but an honest openness that is confident of mercy. Penitence and praise are integrated in a single act of devotion.
PRAYER: “Broken, humbled to the dust by Thy wrath and judgment just, let my contrite heart rejoice and in gladness hear Thy voice; from my sins O hide Thy face, blot them out in boundless grace.” Amen. (“God, Be Merciful to Me,” The Psalter, 1912)
By Eugene Peterson, “A Year with the Psalms” p. 65