¹Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
²Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
³For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
⁴Against you, you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are justified in your sentence
and blameless when you pass judgment.
⁵Indeed, I was born guilty,
a sinner when my mother conceived me.
⁶You desire truth in the inward being;
therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
⁷Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
⁸Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.
⁹Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right spirit within me.
¹¹Do not cast me away from your presence,
and do not take your holy spirit from me.
¹²Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and sustain in me a willing spirit.

• Light a candle to remember Christ’s presence with you.
• Sit five to fifteen minutes in silent meditation paying close attention to the deep breath.
• As you breathe, consider how you need God to cleanse you today.
• Be honest and humbly bring before God the way you have stumbled.
• Find an image that represents this and imagine taking this out of your body and placing it between you and God.
• Allow God to wash the image, blot out the iniquity and make it new and right.
• Watch God lovingly clean the image.
• Allow God to place the image in your heart.
• What restoration do you feel?
• Allow God to lovingly gaze upon you.
• What forgiveness do you feel?
• Allow God to renew a new right spirit within you.
• Do you need to let go of something to make room for this which God has to give you?
• Take note of the place in your body where God renews the right spirit within you so that you may call upon it when you need strength.
• What wisdom does God have to share with your secret heart?
• Write this wisdom on your heart.  Carry this wisdom in your day.  Dream of this wisdom in your night.  Share this wisdom when you are called upon.
• Give thanks to God for this time in prayer and for any new insights you have received.
• Share as you feel led in the reply box below.