Search Me, O God

 

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Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me and know my anxieties;

And see if there is any wicked way in me;

And lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 139: 23-24 (NKJV)


Search me, O God,-Look at me as a laboratory researcher would view something under a microscope. Study me, look for the things that You need to clear out of who I am.


know my heart;- truly know who I am really, not whom I think I am.


know my anxieties; know what upsets me. Help me to work through them.


see if there is any wicked way in me; Flush our anything wicked, evil, or unbecoming in me. Let Your light shine in me.


lead me in the way everlasting. Guide me through ths quagmire I have found myself in. Help me through this extremely tough time.


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Originally written as a journal entry August 6, 2024



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