[MHGinTN]

Hmmm, gnarly fingers! Let's try that again: I wonder, did David keep his heart praying without ceasing? IS that why he was a man after God's own heart? Did David repeatedly open his soul to The Lord in repentence and seek forgiveness from God? Is that the real reason he was a man after God's own heart? I wonder ... not really, it is the latter because there is no way to do the first and remain int he world but not of it. But we are commanded, as His children, to do the latter.

[Colonel_Flagg]

""For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." (I Samuel 16:7)

David was far from perfect, as we all know. But if you read Psalm 51, it might provide some reasons why God loved David's heart:

"For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise." - Psallm 51:16-17.

Thanks to your post, I have just prayed this Scripture and it is a wonderful feeling.