Isn't it great you don't have to be remembered for the worst thing you ever did?

You have not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me with all his heart, doing only that which was right in my eyes – 1 Kings 14.8

Kept his commandments?  Followed God with all his heart?  Did only what was right in God’s eyes?  What about adultery and murder and not confessing and repenting until caught and confronted?

In Ephesians God talks about your walk and your manner of life.  David’s sins were an aberration, not his manner of life.  You wouldn’t say they characterized the way he lived. 

If God doesn’t major on my aberrations in his opinion of me, I shouldn’t either in my opinion of myself.  Or in my opinions of others.  You're who God says you are, no more, no less.  But aberrations also can’t become a habit and lifestyle.  If David’s adultery and murder were repeated every few years, even though infrequent, you’d begin to picture it as a manner of life. 

Chronic sickness (or sin) is persistent, long lasting or recurrent.  Acute illness (or sin) is abrupt and serious, but of short duration.  God knows the difference.