The Mercy Card, Have You Used It Lately?

“So be merciful (sympathetic, tender, responsive, and compassionate) even as your Father is [all these].” Our Heavenly Father is merciful and we are His children reflecting His nature of love. Without love how can we be merciful. Mercy is; not giving someone the punishment they deserve based on the offense that was committed. When another person wrongs you, do you automatically react with a reprimanding response, or do you wait and try to understand this person’s dilemma, which in most cases they were already pissed about something else, but they released their frustrations on you. There are other times when some people are just straight up nasty, or mean most of the time. The latter needs your merciful kindness more than most. Being sympathetic, tender, responsive, and compassionate are the true traits of mercy’s character. We don’t get there overnight but through much heartache, trouble, and crisis we begin to understand. The training room of trials and storms in our lives is where we cultivate this mercy and we will have experienced the need for mercy ourselves and by not giving up, mercy swoops down to bail us out. Sow the seed of mercy to others, you never know when you might need that same harvest in your life.