verseoftheday

Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Psalm 51:9 NIV David is asking two things of God here...he doesn't want God to see his sin. Turn away Hide your face Don't look. I'm embarrassed, disappointed distraught devastated How did I end up here? Don't look at what I've done. But you oh God, you are the only one who can deal with my sin. You're the only one who can blot it out. Without you...I'm lost Don't look at me Yet, I need you to look at me to take away my sin. Ever been in that place? There was a day when God did look away. And Jesus blotted out our sin. Absorbed it. Blotted it up Into himself. So that We Can live. #psalms #psalm51 #amazinglove #clean #free #scars

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Psalm 51:7 NIV In Exodus 12 the people are told to use a hyssop plant to paint the blood of the lamb on the door posts so that that death would pass over that house. In John 19, the very last thing that happens before Jesus dies, he is offered a drink on the end of a hyssop plant. God's judgement passed over, and passed onto Jesus. So that we, you and I, can be clean. Hyssop is a herb with cleansing and medicinal properties. On it's own it might be useful to clean us in some way. But what we really need is the clean that comes through forgiveness. Judgement passes over us and onto Jesus, by Him, His scars, we are made clean. #psalms #psalm51 #thisislove #clean

Matthew 8:2-3 NIV A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean" Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing", he said. "Be clean!" Jesus is all about fresh starts, about renewal and restoration. We have things that eat away at us...spiritual leprosy...leprosy of the heart... (interesting that leprosy affects the body's ability to feel) Often we want to fix things or change things in someone else's life, but here it's about me. Can you make me clean? Jesus says yes. I am willing. I am willing to give you a new start, a fresh beginning Am I willing to front up with my issue to God? #newbeginnings #clean #thisiswhatlovelookslike