THE WAY OF GOD=MERCY AND FORGIVENESS

 

THE WAY OF GOD=MERCY AND FORGIVENESS

Today we read about=

King Saul=who set out with 3,000 men=

In order to KILL DAVID

But David's men=CORNERED Saul=

Making it easy=

For David to kill King Saul

But David SPARED

Saul's life=

The WAY of God

Is MERCY AND FORGIVENESS

“You have treated me

GENEROUSLY=while I have

Done you harm”                                                                                                   1 Samuel 24:18

David's RESPONSE to Saul=

REMINDS me that

Everyone of us

Has the CAPACITY

To EXTEND mercy and forgiveness=

To those

Who attempt to hurt us

Yet how quickly

We humans=try to

INFLICT PAIN for pain=

Hurt for hurt

When the WAY OF GOD=

Is to extend MERCY

And forgiveness

“Remember Lord-

Your GREAT MERCY and love=

They are from

Of old”                                                                                                                     Psalm 25:6

“But because of his

Great love for us

GOD=who is rich

IN MERCY

Made us alive

With Christ

Even when-we were dead

In transgressions........”                                                                                                  Ephesians 2:4

“Praise be to

The God and Father

Of our Lord Christ Jesus

IN HIS GREAT MERCY

He has given us-

New birth

Into a living hope

Through the resurrection 

Of Jesus Christ=

From the dead”                                                                                                         1 Peter 1:3

Jesus gave his LIFE

For us=to redeem us

From all our sins

He LIVED out of mercy=

And FORGIVENESS=

The least

We can do

Is GIVE UP

Some of our petty concerns-

And live-

Out of MERCY and FORGIVENESS

“But who can

Discern their own faults?

FORGIVE my hidden faults”                                                                                       Psalm 19:12

“And when you

Stand praying=

If you hold anything

Against anyone

FORGIVE THEM=

So that your Father in heaven

May FORGIVE you

Your sins”                                                                                                                  Mark 11:25

So the NEXT TIME

Someone gossips about you=

Or cuts you off in line

TRY living the WAY

Of Jesus=

Try living the way

Of David 

Live the WAY OF GOD=

Live the way

Of MERCY AND FORGIVENESS

In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our ALL MERCIFUL FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

1-23-20 and 9-13=2021

Ps        INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.