Psalm 130

I have realized something today: sin is tiring. Sin really makes me feel tired and weary, and unfortunately I learned this firsthand today. I just blew it today on almost every level, and even though I did absolutely nothing today, as I went to work this evening, I felt very tired and weak. I realized, I felt this way because of the sin I was carrying around with me. I felt like Pilgrim in Pilgrim's Progress today, carrying a huge backpack of my sin and shame around on my back.

Oddly enough I have been working on an assignment for my speech class which I have to do an exposition of scripture for the class. Yesterday I decided to do my exposition on Psalm 130 which is a penitent psalm. The psalmist is in the depths of his sin and he cries out to God, trusts in God's forgiveness, and hopes in God's plenteous redemption for himself and Israel.

It was very fitting for me to have been reading and thinking through this psalm, because it came to my rescue today as I wallowed in the depths of guilt, shame, and heaviness of heart. I was reminded to cry out to God for mercy, but beyond that to trust in God's faithfulness to forgive me. God has forgiven me for my sin, because Jesus has appeased His wrath and I no longer must fulfill the law myself. I have an advocate above pleading my case before the Father, Jesus Christ, mercy speaks by his blood.

The psalmist also turns his attention away from himself at the end, and calls all of Israel to hope in God for in Him there is plenteous redemption. So I write this little blog to do just that, hope in God! He has unfailing love in store for every one who will come and cry out to Him. If you are wallowing in your sin, or if you are running from God, further and further into sin, stope, turn to God and place your trust and hope in God's forgiveness. Allow Jesus to whisper this sweet sentence, "Son thy sins are all forgiven."