Psalm 51:9-11
9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Chastening is like a good bath when you are filthy from the world. No one likes to be told that you stink, your hair is gritty, your toes are jammy and your underwear is cheesy. It takes a pretty sick mind to enjoy being dirty. Cleansing makes you feel good and it makes you feel better. I went through a period in my life where God was doing some chastening. It wasn't just me, but the system that created me. It was a long twenty year period and I often blamed God for abandoning me. When it was over, and it is over, I understood that things just could not go on that way. God had to do something or the next generation was done and I was that next generation. God fixed me.
I pray that as each one goes through a correction that it be just as sweet. Even his chastening feels good. I am smiling.
Fix Me by the Alvin Ailey Dance Company
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