QUOTE : I also take great courage in reading the scriptures these days, and I’ve also found great delight in learning about David. If there was one person who knew brokenness, it was him. In his youth, he was a brave young man who slew the giant Philistine, Goliath, with a slingshot—and a dose of God’s help. He became a decorated war hero and then eventually king of his country. Having committed adultery, murdered, lied, and covered it up, he then got his punishment from the Lord—he was broken down before God. Yet his testimony reminds us that when we are penitent before the Lord, in an honest and broken way, he will certainly renew a right spirit in us. (Ps. 51:10)