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October 27
Monday


MAKE A
U-TURN

READ:
Psalm 32:1-5
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All we like sheep have
gone astray; we have
turned, every one, to
his own way; and the
LORD has laid on Him
the iniquity of us all.
__Isaiah 5:3-6
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When we went on a weekend road trip with some friends, we had our first experience using a Global Positioning System. The GPS has a female voice, so our friends John and mary call their device Gladys. We programmed our destination into the GPS, and she did her job and plotted our course. Then we sat back. Having put our faith in this little navigator, we let her direct us.

"Turn right in .2 miles," Gladys said confidently. She was right-- Gladys is always right. In fact, when we made an unexpected detour to get gas, she got a bit insistent: "Please make a U-turn... Pleas make a U-turn at your earliest convenience!"

Gladys had calculated a route for us, but we had gone a different way. That was our choice, naturally. But if we had continued going our own way, we would have become lost.

Isaiah 53:6 reminds us that just like sheep, we have a tendency to go astray. That's why we need a Shepherd to guide us and a Savior to pay the penalty for our sin.

No matter how far you've traveled in the wrong direction, it's not too late to turn around. God is ready to forgive and restore (Ps. 32:5). If you're headed down the worng road, please make a U-turn. __Ciindy Hess Kasper
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`````````````````````I've disobeyed Your voice;``````````````````
`````````````````````I've disobeyed Your voice;``````````````````
```````````````````But now with contrite heart I turn``````````````
`````````````And make Your will my choice. __D. De Haan``````````
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No matter how far you've run from God,
He's only a prayer away.

***************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 32:1-5*************

1 Blessed is he whose
transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.

2 Blessed is the man to
whom the LORD does not
impute iniquity, and in
whose spirit there is no
deceit.

3 When I kept silent, my
bones grew old through my
groaning all the day long.

4 For day and night Your
hand was heavy upon me;
my vitality was turned into
the drought of summer.

5 I acknowledged my sin to
You, and my iniquity I have
not hidden. I said, "I will
confess my transgressions to
the LORD," and You forgave
the iniquity of my sin.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

This is one of seven Penitential Psalms or psalms of confession
(Psalm 6,32,38,51,102,130,143), which express deep sorrow for
sin. For many months after David's double sin of adultery with
Bathsheba and murder of Uriah her husband (2 Sam.11), David
refused to acknowledge his sins. God sent the prophet Nathan to
confront him and to lead him into repentance (2 Sam.12). Out of
that experience, David wrote Psalms 32 and 51. In this psalm, David
wrote of the divine chastening he expeienced when he refused to
confess sin (vv.3-4) and the forgiveness he received following his
repentance (v.5). __Sim Kay Tee