“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.”
David knew what transgression and sin meant, he was a good man, but he was not free from sin, he had greviously sinned.
But, remember, he confessed his sin to God, and God heard his cry.
A little girl was told not to touch a bottle of ink on the table. When nurse was gone out of the room, she thought she would try to write a little, and in reaching to get the bottle she pulled it over, and the ink made the cloth in a fearful state. When the nurse came in she was very sorry to see what the little girl had done, but she forgave her. The cloth was washed, but the stains could not be washed out, so whenever the little girl went past the cloth on the table, she would be reminded of what she had done. The stains were left.
This teaches us what disobedience does.
The Lord Jesus Christ, however, is always ready to forgive us when we do wrong, He is even ready to blot out our transgressions, our sins. He was the great sin-bearer.
A little boy one day was not able to get his lessons because his father was angry with him (the reason was, he had disobeyed him), so the little boy went to his father and sought his forgiveness and confessed he had done wrong. Now his father was glad that his little boy had come to him in this way and gave him a kiss, and he went away able to get his lessons afterward. This little boy loved Jesus and Jesus forgave him. When you come to Jesus, He will forgive you and save you.
ML 02/04/1945