Corona Devo 1207

I woke up today just the same as I went to bed: Tired, frazzled, grumpy.
The sun hadn't risen yet, but my head already ached with "stress", most of which I create.  I'm not "sick" in the physical way, but my health is definitely broken.  
 
Even as I start a fresh day of promise, I am bothered and definitely not at peace.  I asked God to meet me, but ever-better with words than me, the Bible says it more succinctly in Psalm 38, where David asked God to remember him.
 
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Psalm 38
 A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.

...(3) ...my whole body is sick; my health is broken because of my sins.
(4) My guilt overwhelms me—it is a burden too heavy to bear.
(5) My wounds fester and stink because of my foolish sins.
(6) I am bent over and racked with pain. All day long I walk around filled with grief.
(7) A raging fever burns within me, and my health is broken.
(8) I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart.
(9) You know what I long for, Lord; you hear my every sigh.
(10) My heart beats wildly, my strength fails, and I am going blind.
(11) My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease.  Even my own family stands at a distance.

...(17) I am on the verge of collapse, facing constant pain.
(18) But I confess my sins; I am deeply sorry for what I have done.

...(21) Do not abandon me, O Lord. Do not stand at a distance, my God.
(22) Come quickly to help me, O Lord my savior.  ~Psalm 38:3-11, 17-18, 21-22

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We don't know David's situation and personal-scenarios as he called out for God to remember him in this prayer.  But we know our situations and personal-scenarios today.   David is suffering, and we might be too.  

In Verse 18 David alludes to being deeply sorry for what he's done.  And we're sorry too, Father.  
If our "health" is broken today, it may well be because of our sins (Psalm 38:3).


 We ask You to remember us today, Lord.  

...my whole body is sick; my health is broken because of my sins.  ~Psalm 38:3

Sometimes we don't feel good, we don't look good, we don't even think good things...because our health is broken.  Our spiritual health.  And how does our spiritual health become broken?  
Only one thing taints God's saints...and that's sin.  
My health is broken because of my sins  ~Psalm 38:3

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My guilt overwhelms me—it is a burden too heavy to bear.  ~Psalm 38:4

God's gotta get to us somehow, and some days His way is through guilt.  We know when we have strayed from His way and made it all about our way.  (And if we aren't sure--we can take our spiritual temperature and ask ourselves "How are things going?")  

We know when there is way-too-much us and not-nearly-enough Him.  We're probably waking up tired, frazzled, grumpy and with a stress-headache.  
Anyone else guilty?  My guilt overwhelms me—it is a burden too heavy to bear.  ~Psalm 38:4

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(5) My wounds fester and stink because of my foolish sins.  ~Psalm 38:4

Festering and stinking: I can't think of a more accurate way to describe us and our wounds when we are stuck in sin.  We ignore our sin, our pride, our selfishness...and it festers.  We accuse, we abuse, we hurt others...and we stink.
If we do not tend to the problems, they do not go away.  They grow, they become infected, and the root remains--it's us and our sin.  And it has it's effect on us:
 
(6) I am bent over and racked with pain. All day long I walk around filled with grief.
(7) A raging fever burns within me, and my health is broken.
(8) I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart.
(9) You know what I long for, Lord; you hear my every sigh.
(10) My heart beats wildly, my strength fails, and I am going blind.  ~Psalm 38:6-10

I wish it didn't all ring so strangely familiar, but when we're flying or flailing in selfishness and sin...these symptoms ensue.  They ensnare.  They break our health.  We are affected.

And we are not the only ones:

(11) My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease.  Even my own family stands at a distance.  ~Psalm 38:11

When we are broken in sin, others know it, especially those closest to us.  My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease.  Even my own family stands at a distance.  ~Psalm 38:11

Lord, we don't want our loved ones and friends far off because of our sin.  Humble us today.  Thank you for your Word which is a reflection of You and of Your pure-love for us.  You acknowledge our defects so that we might turn from them and follow You.  Help us to reflect You instead of  sticking-to-our-sin.

I am on the verge of collapse, facing constant pain.
(18) But I confess my sins; I am deeply sorry for what I have done...
(21) Do not abandon me, O Lord. Do not stand at a distance, my God.
(22) Come quickly to help me, O Lord my savior.  (Psalm 38:17-22)  
Amen.

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We don't want to wake up tomorrow the same way that we woke up today.  
The next time that the sun rises, may it be on a repentant us, a disciplined us, a discipled us, and a forgiven us.

We don't want our spiritual health to be broken any longer.  
Heal us from our sin today, Lord.  

This is a psalm of us, asking God to remember us today.

Blessings, 

sarah

https://sarahsundy04.blogspot.com

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