Blameless Heart

I will sing of your love and justice;

    to you, Lord, I will sing praise.

 

I will be careful to lead a blameless life—

    when will you come to me?

I will conduct the affairs of my house

    with a blameless heart.

 

I will not look with approval

    on anything that is vile.

I hate what faithless people do;

    I will have no part in it.

 

The perverse of heart shall be far from me;

    I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret,

    I will put to silence;

whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,

    I will not tolerate.

My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,

    that they may dwell with me;

the one whose walk is blameless

    will minister to me.

No one who practices deceit

    will dwell in my house;

no one who speaks falsely

    will stand in my presence.

Psalm 101:1-7 (NIV)

David was serious about keeping his house clean and that started from within himself.  He had his share of sin and was brought to his knees in repentance.  From that point on, he realized that that everything had to change--a far-reaching change that permeated his heart, his house, his city and me.  I'm still learning from David.