The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
Shakespeare
All of us like the idea of receiving mercy. We like to talk about mercy until we are the one who needs to give it to someone else. Mercy, in a nutshell, is forgiveness. It is not giving someone the punishment they deserve. Mercy is letting a past wrong go or being kind and gentle when someone is less than perfect. All of us have needed mercy at some point in our lives and I'm sure we will need it again eventually, some sooner than others. Lamentations 3:22 says that it is because of God's tender mercies that we are not consumed. If God were to give us all what we really deserve, none of us would be here. But he gives us new grace every morning. Should we not show the same quality of mercy to others. In the words of Shakespeare, let mercy drop as the gentle rain from heaven. It will bless both the one who gives and the one who receives.
Thankful for his Mercy,
Sullivan Jones
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
Shakespeare
All of us like the idea of receiving mercy. We like to talk about mercy until we are the one who needs to give it to someone else. Mercy, in a nutshell, is forgiveness. It is not giving someone the punishment they deserve. Mercy is letting a past wrong go or being kind and gentle when someone is less than perfect. All of us have needed mercy at some point in our lives and I'm sure we will need it again eventually, some sooner than others. Lamentations 3:22 says that it is because of God's tender mercies that we are not consumed. If God were to give us all what we really deserve, none of us would be here. But he gives us new grace every morning. Should we not show the same quality of mercy to others. In the words of Shakespeare, let mercy drop as the gentle rain from heaven. It will bless both the one who gives and the one who receives.
Thankful for his Mercy,
Sullivan Jones
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