Candy Dishes and Psalm 51

 

So it's all about sweets.  Todd and I went grocery shopping tonight.  We were headed to the check out lanes with a fairly healthy selection of fruit, vegetables, and select other groceries when we passed............the Easter candy.  Not only was it Easter candy, but it was the CARMEL filled Cadbury eggs.  Yummy.  And not only was it the CARMEL filled Cadbury eggs, but they were on sale...buy 2 get 2 free.  And now after I have enjoyed one of them for dessert, I got to thinking about Easter.  

  Right now, we're going through the Lenten season and dying to all of our sins.  This is a time of lament that is leading to the joyous celebration of resurrection.  So now friends, as there's not much snow left, and if we can turn to God and trust in Him, we will begin to feel the burden of our sins being lifted.  So, as you sit in your quiet place with God.  Look to Psalm 51.  I will, and when I am finished, I am going to enjoy my other carmel Cadbury egg.  :-) 

Psalm 51
(For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time Nathan the prophet came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.)

Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. For I recognize my shameful deeds; they haunt me day and night. Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just. For I was born a sinner; yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. But you desire honesty from the heart, so you can teach me to be wise in my inmost being. Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me, now let me rejoice. Don't keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt. Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. Do not banish me from your presence, and don't take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me again the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. Then I will teach your ways to sinners, and they will return to you.
Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness. Unseal my lips, O Lord, that I may praise you. You would not be pleased with sacrifices, or I would bring them. If I brought you a burnt offering, you would not accept it. The sacrifice you want is a broken spirit. A broken and repentant heart, O God, you will not despise. Look with favor on Zion and help her; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Then you will be pleased with worthy sacrifices and with our whole burnt offerings; and bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar. (NLT)

 Above are two of the candy dishes that I have done in the past.  I am focusing on them because of the wonderful thing called chocolate that we see an abundance of at Easter time.  With magazine letters and black tissue paper on the underside of these candy dishes, they're great for any kind of candy!  They say "Share A Sweet" and "All Gone, Get More."  The square one also says, "Mmmm."  And I think chocolate is Mmmmmmmm.  

May all of your burdens be lifted and you find peace!

Andrea