worship and forgiveness

There is something so healing and cathartic about praise and worship, but it has to be true worship, true praise.  It cannot come while we are focused on the right notes or harmony, it cannot come while we are focused on ourselves.  it only comes when all we can see is our sinfulness and the sinlessness of the Son and his Father.  Only when we enter totally into their presence, accompanied by the Holy Spirit, do we experience forgiveness and the healing and peace that comes as a result.  It is not something that can be manufactured or achieved by following a prescribed formula.  It is only when we see the depth of our need and the height of God's majesty that we can sense his provision, his forgiveness, his acceptance.