Hard Reality
Blue v1-8 Ch 19 2 SamDownload | Duration: 00:03:50
v1 The sins of David's youth gave partial reason to the judment visiting his son Absalom who had now been devoured by the sword. Prior to the appearance of Peace wherein God would love to remove David's disgrace so as to cause him to forget the shame of his youth (Is 54:4), David here is seen crying out in prayer for the sins of his youth not to be remembered (Ps 25:7).While David is personally caught up in this side of the story, operating only in part (1 Cor 13:9), another part being that Absalom acted as an enemy, seeking to destroy David and his men, yet once David's men took victory in the war and Absalom was dead, all what is seen is how sorry David feels for the enemy who had been trying to kill them, but really i think David stood grieving inside over how much he thought it was his fault, the parent looking at his child- the pain of the black sheep (T_B_S), seeing regret, blame, feeling guilty and partially responsible as he faced the hard reality that sin destroys, affecting more than himself once committed, ready forever convinced of God's Ways because of personally knowing that the way of sin is just too painful.
~Once God saves you, it's ok to face what He saved you from.
~It's ok to drop a few tears.
~It's ok to move on...
David dried his eyes, having to come back to reality because now Joab warned that the army doesn't understand why he is crying after, "...all your men, who have just saved your life, the lives of your sons, daughters, and wives..." will walk away if he doesn't stop humiliating this Victory (since they cannot relate to the sins of his youth that had contributed to this story since some of them didn't even know David back then so it felt rude to see him act this way after just saving his life). David listened. He made the wise decision to get up and shake it off (v8), ready again to take his seat in the gateway as king. 
Its good that God forgets the sins of our youth. I would be great if those in our lives would forget them.
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Yes, and it happens much faster when we stop repeating them. It makes "sorry" sound more convincing.
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