THE ASTONISHNG 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 and 10-19-2021