Mercy
Photo by Michaela Murphy on Unsplash.
Have you ever experienced someone being merciless? Have you ever been shown mercy? Have you ever given someone the mercy you wished you had been shown?
It has been said that grace is getting what we do not deserve, and mercy is not getting what we do deserve.
God has shown us such great mercy.
Because we do not get what we deserve, we should also show mercy to others.
In Luke’s gospel account, Jesus instructed his followers to “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.” (Luke 6:36, ESV).
As God has shown us his extravagant mercy, we are to be generously merciful to others.
May we express the mercy of God to others out of our deep understanding and gratitude for how God has been merciful to us.
A Collect for Guidance: “Heavenly Father, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you, but may remember that we are ever walking in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
Begin the month with a #dailydevotional. I have created a #devotional book for each month, a devotional for every day of the year, and offering them for #free by subscribing. Get a link to #Grow365: #June2022—A #Daily Devotional here: robbiepruitt.com.
Photo by Michaela Murphy on Unsplash.
