For six Sundays we follow God's people through one question: whom will you serve? Week two is about what comes after the choice.
King David had already chosen God, and he still used his power to take Bathsheba and had her husband killed to cover it up. For about a year nobody said a word. Then God sent the prophet Nathan with a story about a rich man who took a poor man's only lamb, and David didn't recognize himself in it until Nathan said, "You are that man!"
David's answer is Psalm 51, a prayer that asks for more than forgiveness: "Create a clean heart for me, God." This week's next step is praying the Psalms, starting with Psalm 51, out loud and in the first person.
