Thursday, July 14, 2022

CHOOSING TO LIVE=WITH MERCY AND COMPASSION

 

CHOOSING TO LIVE=

WITH MERCY AND COMPASSION

 

It is a TOUGH LIFE=

And so many of us

Want to set ourselves up

As JUDGE and jury

For others

 

I sometimes WONDER

If that is not why

Our country=our world

IS IN=the shape

It is in

 

But God doesn’t want that

Jesus does NOT

Want that=and he tells us

That today

 

“I say to you

SOMETHING GREATER

Than the temple=is here”                                                                                                 Matthew 12:6

 

I don’t know

About you=but I find it

EASY to get into

Judging someone else

 

But God wants us to live

WITH MERCY=WITH COMPASSION

 

NOT to set ourselves up

To judge one another

CHOOSING TO LIVE

WITH MERCY AND COMPASSION

 

“Remember Lord

YOUR GREAT MERCY=and love

For they are=From of old”                                                                                                 Psalm 25:6

 

“In his love=AND MERCY

He redeemed them=

He lifted them up

And carried them

All the days of old”                                                                                                                   Isaiah 63:9

 

“But you have neglected

The more important matters

Of the law-------

Justice-MERCY=and faithfulness”                                                                                            Matthew 23:23

 

Sometimes our judgment gene

Gets us into trouble

 

But Jesus REMINDS us today

To temper that

WITH MERCY

 

For we NEVER KNOW

The full story

BEHIND another’s actions or words

 

FEEL COMPASSION

For one another=feel love

Try to put YOURSELF

In another’s shoes

 

“The Lord=is good to all

HE HAS COMPASSION=on all

He has made”                                                                                                                Psalm 145:9

 

“Therefore=as God’s chosen people

Holy and dearly loved

 

Clothe yourselves WITH COMPASSION-kindness-humility-

Gentleness=and patience”                                                                                             Colossians 3:12

 

WHEN we judge

Rather than=SHOW MERCY

AND COMPASSION

 

We lose sight

Of what is greater

IN GOD’S EYES=

Christ EXPECTS US

To live with mercy

 

CHOOSE TO LIVE

WITH MERCY AND COMPASSION!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our ALL MERCIFUL=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-14-2022

 

 

Ps      INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE= Melanie Rigney

 

          

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