Isaiah 57:15 - For this is what the high and lofty One says - he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite."
Do you have a contrite heart? Do you even know what it means to have a contrite heart?
Contrite - feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming. The origins of the word come from Latin contritus, lit. "worn out, ground to pieces,"
Psalms 51:17 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart. O God you will not despise.
Isaiah 66:2 - "Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came in to being?" declares the Lord, "This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word."
These words provide so much hope...that He lives in a high and holy place, but also with those of us who are contrite and lowly in spirit. He esteems the humble and contrite in spirit.
Do you have a contrite heart? You should, we all should.
God bless!
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