Lent daybook, 24: Blessed is the one whose sin is forgiven

My Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Join me, won't you? (see previous Lent daybook 2016 posts here)

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look

Tenebrae, Erica L. Grimm - source

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read

Psalm 32:1-5

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity;I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

all readings for the day: Psalm 32; Joshua 4:14-24; 2 Corinthians 5:6-15

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pray

Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.(source)

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listen

Blest Is the Man - Psalm 32 by Katy Snow

( I invite you to listen with me to my ever-evolving Lent playlist & Lent Spirituals playlist)

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do

Today, attempt to fast sounds for about an hour. Turn off your music, TV, and phone. Power down anything that beeps or buzzes or blinks. Then attend to your responses: Are you restless or restful without the filler? Is your mind more or less distractible? Is the aloneness comforting or unsettling? Ask God to reveal to you the power this world's sounds have in your life. Then ask Him to reveal to you the power His sounds have in your soul. (source: 40 Days of Decrease)

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(see all Lent daybook posts from 2015 here)