Fr. Mike Schmitz

They were known by the people in the kingdom. And imagine this, here is David, who not only does he know his sins, but he knows that everyone else knows his sins. And yet he says, but God's grace came to help me. Your help made me great. Your gentleness made me great. So he looks back over his life and he can acknowledge the brokenness as well as the realizing this is the last chapter of my life.

And he is not bitter by that. And he's not corrupted by that. He's not resentful of that because this is the big challenge for so many of us in our lives to be able to look back and to tell the truth, the good and the bad, to acknowledge it, the good and the bad, to recognize here's the evil that I have done. Here's the way I needed God's grace. Here's the victories that he's won for me.

And he is not bitter by that. And he's not corrupted by that. He's not resentful of that because this is the big challenge for so many of us in our lives to be able to look back and to tell the truth, the good and the bad, to acknowledge it, the good and the bad, to recognize here's the evil that I have done. Here's the way I needed God's grace. Here's the victories that he's won for me.

And he is not bitter by that. And he's not corrupted by that. He's not resentful of that because this is the big challenge for so many of us in our lives to be able to look back and to tell the truth, the good and the bad, to acknowledge it, the good and the bad, to recognize here's the evil that I have done. Here's the way I needed God's grace. Here's the victories that he's won for me.

And now also to get through all of that, to live through an entire life and not become resentful, that is an accomplishment. To live through an entire life and to not have become bitter is an accomplishment. To get to the end of one's life knowing this is the last chapter of my life and to be able to look back and give God praise, this is what he's doing.

And now also to get through all of that, to live through an entire life and not become resentful, that is an accomplishment. To live through an entire life and to not have become bitter is an accomplishment. To get to the end of one's life knowing this is the last chapter of my life and to be able to look back and give God praise, this is what he's doing.

And now also to get through all of that, to live through an entire life and not become resentful, that is an accomplishment. To live through an entire life and to not have become bitter is an accomplishment. To get to the end of one's life knowing this is the last chapter of my life and to be able to look back and give God praise, this is what he's doing.

Tomorrow we're going to get even, I don't want to say even better, but tomorrow we're going to see how David not just praises God for what he's done, he also praises the people around him for what they've done for him and what they've done for Israel. Again, to get to the end of one's life or even to get to the end of a person's day or week or a chapter in one's life.

Tomorrow we're going to get even, I don't want to say even better, but tomorrow we're going to see how David not just praises God for what he's done, he also praises the people around him for what they've done for him and what they've done for Israel. Again, to get to the end of one's life or even to get to the end of a person's day or week or a chapter in one's life.

Tomorrow we're going to get even, I don't want to say even better, but tomorrow we're going to see how David not just praises God for what he's done, he also praises the people around him for what they've done for him and what they've done for Israel. Again, to get to the end of one's life or even to get to the end of a person's day or week or a chapter in one's life.

And to choose gratitude, to choose praise there when so many of us after battles could choose resentment. So many of us after battles, after struggles could choose corruption to live through life and not be corrupted by it. That's, that's a miracle to get through this world and not be corrupted by it. That's a miracle. And here's David at the end of his life.

And to choose gratitude, to choose praise there when so many of us after battles could choose resentment. So many of us after battles, after struggles could choose corruption to live through life and not be corrupted by it. That's, that's a miracle to get through this world and not be corrupted by it. That's a miracle. And here's David at the end of his life.

And to choose gratitude, to choose praise there when so many of us after battles could choose resentment. So many of us after battles, after struggles could choose corruption to live through life and not be corrupted by it. That's, that's a miracle to get through this world and not be corrupted by it. That's a miracle. And here's David at the end of his life.

After all the battles, all the struggles, all the heartache, all the failure, the people around him and his personal failure. And to not be corrupted by that. It's a miracle. It's incredible. And so that's what we pray for as well. That we can acknowledge the good and the bad of our past. And that we can acknowledge the good and the bad in our hearts right now.

After all the battles, all the struggles, all the heartache, all the failure, the people around him and his personal failure. And to not be corrupted by that. It's a miracle. It's incredible. And so that's what we pray for as well. That we can acknowledge the good and the bad of our past. And that we can acknowledge the good and the bad in our hearts right now.

After all the battles, all the struggles, all the heartache, all the failure, the people around him and his personal failure. And to not be corrupted by that. It's a miracle. It's incredible. And so that's what we pray for as well. That we can acknowledge the good and the bad of our past. And that we can acknowledge the good and the bad in our hearts right now.

That we can get to the end of this day or the end of this week or the end of this season. And tell the truth and not be corrupted by that. That's a gift of God. That's a grace to be given. And so we can't do it on our own. As you know, you know I'm going to say this, you know that because we can't do it on our own, we need prayer, we need grace. And so we need to pray for each other.

That we can get to the end of this day or the end of this week or the end of this season. And tell the truth and not be corrupted by that. That's a gift of God. That's a grace to be given. And so we can't do it on our own. As you know, you know I'm going to say this, you know that because we can't do it on our own, we need prayer, we need grace. And so we need to pray for each other.

That we can get to the end of this day or the end of this week or the end of this season. And tell the truth and not be corrupted by that. That's a gift of God. That's a grace to be given. And so we can't do it on our own. As you know, you know I'm going to say this, you know that because we can't do it on our own, we need prayer, we need grace. And so we need to pray for each other.

And that's what we do every single day. You are not alone in this. This is not your solo journey through the Bible in 365 days. This is our journey through the Bible in 365 days. because it is day 140 and you have a community of people around you right now. Please know this. You have a community of people who you might not even know. You might know some of them, but they are praying for you.