THE ASTONISHING MERCY OF GOD

THE ASTONISHING MERCY OF GOD!


Of all the SUPER POWERS
What do you think
Would be the worst one?


Don't you think it would
Have to be TELEPATHY?


The ABILITY to read what
Is in a person's heart
As if it is/or was
STAMPED on our forehead


IMAGINE seeing everyone's
Petty self-righteous feelings
NOT to mention our lusts and what
We feel we are ENTITLED TO


That is what God has=
He can read the SECRETS
Of our hearts-and our motivations


Yet he LOVES US anyway
Yet he deals with us
With ASTONISHING MERCY
And does not judge us


“Therefore-
Do not make any judgment
BEFORE the appointed time


Until the Lord comes
For he will BRING to light
What is hidden in darkness


And WILL manifest the motives
Of our hearts
And then everyone
Will receive PRAISE FROM God” 1 Corinthians 4:5


Wouldn't it be better
If we treated each other
WITH MERCY?


The way GOD TREATS US
And not hold each other up
In judgment
The way we do


We don't even know
What is on another person's hearts


What if others could see
Our mixed motivations-our impatience-
Our selfishness?


Nevertheless-
Let us treat others with MERCY
The WAY God TREATS US


Particularly in this
The year of MERCY OF GOD


THE ASTONISHING MERCY OF GOD


Wouldn't it be great IF we could
Actually treat each other this way?


“Have mercy on me-MY GOD-
Have mercy on me


For in you-I take refuge
I WILL take refuge-
In the shadow of your wings


UNTIL the disaster
Has passed” Psalm 57:1


“We do not make requests
Of you
Because you are righteous


BUT because of your GREAT MERCY” Daniel 9:18


“BLESSED are the MERCIFUL
For they will be shown MERCY” Matthew 5:7


Yes telepathy=God has X-RAY VISION
Of our hearts-
He knows exactly
What is in them


It is ASTONISHING-sometimes-
The cruel-and sad things
That comes out
Of a person's heart


But what is also astonishing-IS:


THE ASTONISHING MERCY OF GOD-
That God has for us


Let us-in THIS YEAR OF MERCY-
Have that SAME loving mercy for each other


And leave all judgments-
To be MADE by our LOVING GOD


Robert P. Wallman
9-1-16




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Eve Tushnet




4-19-2019