Restore the joy!!

 Psalm 51:17 "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise."  

Psalm 51:10 "Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.  11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.  12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant  me a willing spirit, to sustain me."     I was baptized as an infant, I was raised in the church and confirmed in 8th grade.  I have believed in Jesus as long as I can remember.  I had a tough time in Jr. High after my perfect world fell apart and my mother moved us to Sun Praire, Wi with a man she  married that turned out to be a nightmare.   I fell into a horrible pattern of sin that any child would want to keep a secret.     As an adult,  I have had the revelation,  that I am not the sum of my sins, I am the righteous of Jesus Christ.  I have believed in Jesus since I was a child, but only as  a person with a contrite heart did I know Jesus as my restoration.  2 Corinthians 5:17 " Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone the new has come!"  As an adult child of abuse sometimes, I coward back, I try to alleviate pain with coping mechanisms I developed as a child.  Which were temporary pleasurable sinful behaviors.    We each have sin that is pleasurable for us.  Gluttony , gossip, greed, lust …., today lets be aware of the sin that so easily ensnares us and turn away,  so we can truly remember and live in the joy of our salvation!!  Sin is our constant battle,  restoration in Jesus is our constant victory!!!