I connect with David in Psalm 32. Though he knows the truth, he allows his choices to put God at a distance. As the pressure increases, he finally returns to God and is restored.
He opens the psalm with how good forgiveness from God is. Right after that, it’s clear he’d forgot that truth in his day to day life, and he understands the consequences of the choices he made to distance himself from God. He then makes a choice to return, and is renewed by the kindness of God. He calls out to us to remember that God is available to us now, that he is a hiding place where we are protected from trouble and surrounded with the songs of God’s deliverance for us.
God is near. He will instruct and teach me. David makes a comparison to a mule that has to be led. That’s me. I’ve been around this mountain so many times. I’m just grateful for the grace and mercy of God to just keep giving a clean slate, and the confidence I can have that he’s going to keep leading me and calling me to himself.