Merciful

Luke 6:36

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Mercy.  It’s that thing we’re given from our father, even when we don’t deserve it.  He forgives us over and over again for the same thing.  He doesn’t slap us around for messing up…again.  He doesn’t condemn us or shame us so that we feel like tucking our tail and hiding.  He opens his arm and holds us and loves us, and restores us back to his favor.

It’s hard to be merciful to the merciless.  It’s hard to show kindness to the rude.  It’s difficult to be forgiving to the abuser.  And it’s downright impossible to be gracious to the takers.

However, we are told to be merciful, as He is merciful.

The only way we can do this is by submitting at his feet and offering our hurt heart to Him and asking him to grant us mercy to be merciful.

He then does this miraculous thing and softens our heart and makes us release those abusers, takers, and haters into His hands to deal with them.

When we trust Him to take care of that which hurts us, we are then able to release and show mercy, knowing that justice will be served…in due time…and restoration will occur if that person responds.

Be merciful.

As he is merciful.