Deuteronomy 7:9. “Therefore, know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments.”

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Grace and mercy are not the same. Grace is the unmerited care, concern, and favor shown to me.  Grace is given because of love. Grace is God reaching out to me before I need Him.  Mercy is compassion in our failures.  Mercy is forbearance toward an offender.  Mercy is looking beyond my acknowledged failures and showing love. 

Today the thought that raises my spirit is the inexplicable quantity of kindness that follows me.

My love of God and keeping his commands bleeds down all around me. My goal for today is to be a purveyor of God’s mercy. If mercy is for me, then mercy must be given to all I encounter daily.  I must not surrender to thoughts that would choke off the supply given to me. My mercy is a responsibility to have mercy. I must be filled with thoughts of love and acceptance. We are expected to have mercy in the same amount as we have received.  The scales are always tipped toward the provision God has poured out for me. We love the unlovely so that they may also be bearers of mercy.

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Lord, pour into my life mercy so that I might share examples of mercy in my thoughts, attitudes, and actions.

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