Mercy

We all know somewhere in our soul we feel a person should be given mercy only if he deserve it. You must be mad to expect anything else. However, God says how do you expect to receive mercy if you don’t first give mercy. Psalms chapter one hundred three verse eight says, “The Lord is merciful and gracious, patiently considerate and abounding in mercy.” If God shows us mercy, how can we not do the same? Not only that but God required it because that is what God is – merciful. We are called to be like God and though Christ we have that capability and by the infilling of the Holy Spirit we are given the help needed to give mercy. Shakespeare said it well in Merchant of Venice, “How shalt thou hope for mercy, rendering none?”