JOURNAL=GIVE MERCY

JOURNAL 3-2-15=GIVE MERCY




“BE MERCIFUL-just as also your FATHER is MERCIFUL” Luke 6:36


DO you ever get annoyed by people? DO YOU ever run into annoying people during the course of your day? MY ANSWER is yes and yes-I have come to REALIZE that sometimes being annoyed is a good thing-ACTUALLY A BLESSING


For in Luke 6:37-it says-


“STOP JUDGING and you will not be judged-STOP CONDEMNING and you will not be condemned-FORGIVE and you will be forgiven”


FOR the TRUTH is-as often as we are annoyed by others-WE ANNOY others just the same-AS I have said before-FORGIVENESS-is a most difficult task-especially WHEN we are the ones who are perfect
-lol-SERIOUSLY-the thing GOD calls us most to do is LOVE-and to LOVE difficult people-we can't do it on our own-we have to OPEN ourselves up to GOD'S LOVE-and here is WHERE the BLESSING part comes in-when we are MERCIFUL with and love others-GOD IS more merciful with us-OF COURSE-he ALWAYS LOVES us -all of us-and as his disciples-that is what we are CALLED UPON to do-LOVE AND FORGIVE ALL PEOPLE


Dear GOD-we THANK YOU for the annoying people in this world-FOR THEY OPEN US up WIDER to your LOVE


it is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us and a great day to LOVE AND FORGIVE the difficult people in this world-HELP US ALWAYS to GIVE MERCY






GIVE MERCY




It is EASY
To sit in judgment
Of another


To CRITICIZE them
For this
Or for that


What is NOT
So easy
Is to GO the extra mile
And to GIVE someone mercy


What exactly is mercy


MERCY is compassion
Shown to an offender


It is forgiveness
EXTENDED to someone
Who doesn't deserve it


That is what
Jesus did for us


He lived and died
And RESURRECTED
For our sins


For us
Who didn't deserve it


HE TOOK OUR PLACE


In his first encounter
With his apostles
AFTER the resurrection
After they all
Deserted them
He says to them


“PEACE be with you
As the Father
Has sent me
So I send you” John 20:21


The human reaction
Would be
To be angry
At the apostles
But the GODLY reaction
Is to BLESS them


And MORE than that
He challenges us
To extend that SAME MERCY
To one another


“Be merciful
Just as your Father
Is merciful”


How can we be merciful
Towards others


Basically
By FOLLOWING CHRIST'S EXAMPLES
And living with
Corporal and spiritual acts
Of mercy


FEEDING the hungry
Clothing the naked


Visiting the sick and imprisoned
Sheltering the homeless
COMFORTING the sorrowful


And MOST of all
PRAY-PRAY-PRAY for others
And encourage them
And build them up


REFRAIN form gossiping
About them


And ALWAYS
Give someone another chance


After all
God has given us
Chance after chance


Give someone MERCY
Give them another chance


DON'T PASS JUDGMENT


“For I desire mercy
NOT sacrifice
And ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of God
Rather than burnt offerings” Hosea 6:6


“HE has showed you
Oh man-what is good


And what does the Lord
Require of you


To act justly and LOVE MERCY
And to walk HUMBLY
With your God” Micah 6:8


Give someone another chance
Give mercy


GIVE MERCY TODAY


Robert P. wallman
June 3^rd, 2014


INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH magazine by Sister Melanie Svoboda, S.N.D.




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