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Poor David had a bit of a blind side in his self assessment. Or did he?

If God forgets my sin and separates them from me as far as the east is from the west, why should I wallow in guilt of that which is forgiven.

God sees me through different eyes than I could ever see myself.

He see the future/present me … perfected in Christ, made complete by grace.

Only that which is Christ in me, the hope of glory, comes to His attention. He looks a my little, pitiful efforts to follow Him and calls the angels over so that He can brag about His child.

Maybe I can sing these verses in faith after all!!!!

It is all about GRACE!

" For I have kept the ways of the LORD,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all his rules were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.
I was blameless before him,
and I kept myself from my guilt.
So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight."

– Psalm 18:21-24 (ESV)