Mercy, from the Greek word, “eleos” when translated is said to mean, ” loving kindness or tender compassion” and comes from a root word meaning to “pour out”.
Imagine that image….
Mercy…..being poured…..
It is a love that gives…a love that cares…a love that is our Father in Heaven and flows with….Mercy….
7 Blessed are the merciful,
For they shall obtain mercy.
(Matthew 5:7, New King James Version)
This is a season of giving..a time when we remember of a gift that was given to all of us out of love and compassion and mercy and a time to remember,
In a new translation, called the, “Common English Bible”, this passage is translated as:
7 “Happy are people who show mercy, because they will receive mercy. (Matthew 5:7, Common English Bible)
What a thought, an inspiration, to have in a time and place, where the world sometimes seems to be cynical and prone to criticism…and in a time like Christmas, a time for rejoicing and uplifting of the heart, for we can be be skeptical, critical and cynical, or in our hearts and in our hearts, choose, love, compassion and mercy….sweet mercy.
There is a sermon by Don Jones called, “Blessed are the Merciful” and a portion of the sermon goes:
“Ultimately, Jesus is our model of mercy. It is He who demonstrated the merciful life by loving the unlovable. He forgave the woman caught in adultery and he pardoned her sin after dispersing the crowd. He feed the multitudes when they were hungry. He gave water to a Samaritan woman even though He knew it was against the Pharisaic law.
We cannot have the blessing apart from the “Blesser”. We cannot even meet the condition apart from the One who has set the condition. We are blessed by God when we are merciful to others, and we are able to be merciful to others because we have already received salvation’s mercy. And when we share the mercy received, we shall receive mercy even beyond what we already have.
In order to show mercy we must have first received mercy from God through His Son Jesus Christ by accepting Him as Lord and following Him in obedience.
Then, we demonstrate mercy by forgiving others as we have been forgiven. While it is difficult for us to forget a wrong we don’t have to remind ourselves or others about the wrong. We are to forgive just as Jesus did for us. Ephesians 4:32 says,
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.The words for kind and compassionate are related to the word mercy. Mercy results in kindness and compassion. If you abide in Christ you will have mercy, compassion, kindness toward others. It is one of the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22″
God has shown us mercy….It seems as natural that the next step is for us to show that mercy, ourselves, to others.
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Beautiful descriptions and powerful points. Plus, you shared one of my all time favorite songs. My heart aches every time I worship to it!
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We cannot have the blessing apart from the “Blesser”. Yes. Love. Ode to compassion, and I love that song. You captured what undone looks like when it comes to being broken and reaching further.
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BTW: I feel like posting this on FB and saying, “Sorry, no bookmark for *you*. Get it? Haaaa!
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Christ has show compassion and mercy so should we.
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