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That means a lot to us to hear from you. Paul, today we're looking at Psalms 31 through 35.

Where do we want to go in our episode today? As you've been going through the

Psalms, you know, we're picking just a couple of places to focus. So what's our focus for today going to be?

Yeah. So today's Psalms overall kind of emphasize God's forgiveness, protection, provision. And they also

kind of point us to Jesus in some pretty cool ways. So the first

psalm I want to highlight is Psalm 32. And this Psalm really, I think, emphasizes the importance

of confession for Christians. The heading in my Bible says, blessed are the forgiven. And confession

of our sin is something that scripture emphasizes pretty frequently. but here it's really emphasizing confession before God especially.

And I think it's important to state talking about confession that, yes, when we put our faith in Jesus, all of our sins are forgiven in that moment.

But there's also this movement of confessing our continual sins before God so that we can bring our sin into the light of that salvation that we already have.

And I think those of us that have held on to a certain sin for a long time and not addressed it before God can kind of relate to David in verses three and four, where he's basically talking about his

spiritual strength, just being completely drained. And it reminds me of a phrase that my pastor

in college once said that our relationship with God is secure through Jesus, but our fellowship

with God is affected by our sin and our behavior.

And so I think we all know this to be true.

You know, there are seasons when, you know, you're just really struggling with sin, and you feel a little more distant from God.

And I think this is supported also by Jesus in the beatitudes where he says,

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

And so there's seasons where I'm maybe not as

pure in heart, and it's harder to see the truth of who God is, even though he remains constant in

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