Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
~ Matthew 5: 7
Call it what goes around comes around, reaping what is sown, karma, input output, whatever. You could even call it fairness, which we don't get a lot of. But if we show forgiveness and mercy to others, we'll get it given to us. Jesus was pretty big on this concept. Forgive us as we forgive. The man forgiven much who had a man thrown into prison for much less found himself facing the wrath he should have.
There is a difference between mercy and grace. One is not getting what we deserve and the other is getting what we don't deserve. Neither can be earned. We don't deserve is the key phrase of both. But there can be conditions placed on a free gift. One of the conditions of receiving mercy is to show mercy, but don't worry if this goes against your nature. It goes against mine too. That's the wonderful thing about grace. What we can never earn and never produce on our own we can have, and this includes the love, desire and ability to show the mercy of God to others. Today let us be merciful.
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