We are attending a church service.
Perhaps the finale of Kingsway, which shut down last October.
The preacher, John D, asks someone to read Psalm 51, and perhaps explain what it means.
As usual, I am sure I know this.
And desperate to give the answer.
There’s two problems.
One, I do (only) have a physical bible.
But it is chronological, so the Psalms are split up by when they are written.
I can’t just flip to the middle.
There’s a lot of Bibles on a table, but mostly the Good News Translation we used before the NIV came out.
And this edition, bizarrely, doesn’t have all the Psalms.
I may need to borrow a Bible from my Dad.
Two, I am convinced that this is the Psalm where Jesus says: My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
But when I wake up, I remember that is actually Psalm 22.
Here’s Psalm 51:
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”
Psalms 51:10-12 NIV
Reflection
If I am feeling forsaken, is it because I lack the courage to ask God to examine my heart?
Radically Happy 
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