Swift repentance pleases You, O Lord!

‘For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun.’ ”

So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” And Nathan said to David, “The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

“However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.”...

Then David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her. So she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Now the LORD loved him,

and He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet: So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

(2 Samuel 12)

Suddenly I realize the beauty of this chapter of King David's life: his swift repentance to God (no rationalization of sins) and God's love and restoration towards him.

No wonder David is called a man after God's own heart, who will do all His will. (Acts 13)

It's not about how ugly our past is. It's about how much we learn from that past and by His mercy and grace, gain victory in Christ from now on.