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A Serious Prayer

Posted on February 24, 2025February 25, 2025 by Pam

Psalm 51 is a prayer from David to God after his missteps into murder and adultery. The outcome was horrific. Even with God’s forgiveness we are stuck with memories of the harm we have caused. The psalm is full of outcomes and more detail but I see another formula. What are the steps to tell God that we are truly sorry for our sin? Action words are verbs so this is what David has to say to God, by verse – my condensed version.

DEAR GOD,

1 – Have mercy on me

2 – Wash me – cleanse me

7 – Purge me – wash me again

8 – Make me hear joy and gladness

9 – Hide my face

10 – Create in me a new heart (my fav verse) – and renew a right spirit

12 – Restore the joy of my salvation

14 – Deliver me from guilt

15 – Open my lips

18 – Do good in Thy good pleasure

Lord, show us how to confess sin and seek your face in forgiveness. Then cleanse and deliver us so we can/will praise you anew. We know sin is serious and you are serious that we deal with it.

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Pam writes so that must make her a writer. Recently retired, she can now fill days with family, friends, missions, writing, creating, and showing up for whomever needs her. Pam loves the Lord and people. The Bible is God’s love letter to us (and who does not need more love) so she studies and writes some more.

Pam lives in the Pacific Northwest but was home-grown in Southern California. She attended San Jose Bible College and finished a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at UCLA. She became a teacher, then a Research and Development Chemist, then she built two successful real estate businesses in two states. Pam also pursued study at Fuller Theological Seminary and just completed six months serving in missions abroad.

Pam has two amazing children, married to two precious in-laws, and five sweet grandchildren. Pam is a gifted connector and communicator and the Northwest has the perfect climate for staying inside and writing – or baking! She has been writing since a wee one and is currently converting many years of blogging, by topic, into ten books. The first is a collection from 2011 titled, Beautiful Enough. The second is a yearly day-timer titled, Weekly Planner - Lessons in Life, Glory, and Grace. Number three is in progress with the working title, Christmas Today.

Ten facts about Pam in no particular order:

  1. On the team that developed an insulation for the Alaskan oil pipeline.
  2. Loves looking at homes, decorating, and has flipped five homes.
  3. Likes being tall.
  4. Films have helped define her vocabulary.
  5. Comes from Colorado tenement farmers with history traced to Wales.
  6. Was lost but now is found.
  7. Baking makes her happy – as does eating sweets with coffee, of course.
  8. She thinks mission work is the most important work in the world.
  9. The church started in Rome so she is learning Italian.
  10. Pam is a work in progress!

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime - until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4

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