Please forgive me.

 Please Forgive Me

A Cry from Psalm 51:1, 1 John 1:9, and Isaiah 1:18

Please forgive me—not with empty, hollow words,

But with a heart that knows its need and trusts what it has heard.

I come not with excuses, not with blame or shifting shame,

But with the honest confession of a heart that knows its name.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your unfailing love; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. (Psalm 51:1)

Forgive me—for the words I spoke in haste,

For the thoughts that wandered, for the time I waste.

Forgive me for the things I've done and left undone,

For the battles lost, the races not yet run.

Forgive me—for the pride that hid my need,

For the selfishness that failed to plant the seed

Of kindness, of compassion, of grace,

For the times I turned away from Your face.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)

I confess my sin—not to earn forgiveness,

But because You already paid the price, full and limitless.

I bring my failures, my regrets, my shame,

And I trust in the power of Your holy name.

Please forgive me—not because I am good,

But because You understood

That I am dust, that I am weak,

And that Your mercy is what I seek.

"Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." (Isaiah 1:18)

I receive Your pardon—not as a license to ignore,

But as a gift that calls me to go and sin no more.

Please forgive me—and make me whole,

Restore the joy within my soul.

I am forgiven. I am cleansed. I am free.

Your mercy has restored me.

Amen.