In a post on my FB page, I said simply:
God's mercy is beautiful.
In truth, I expected several people to like it because we've all known times when God's mercy has protected us from pain. However, mercy does not always protect us from pain. It, in fact, can inflict it.
Mercy sometimes crushes our dreams.
It sometimes totally wrecks out comfortable lives.
It sometimes takes someone we love.
Sometimes in God's mercy, we are not the receivers. We are the witnesses.
I witnessed God's mercy when my mom's battle with cancer was short. I witnessed mercy...when people who suffered emotional and mental loss, who could not overcome the nightmares...or the crushed heart...were allowed to exit that pain early or quickly. Such mercy left many of us with sadness, but it was God's mercy, and it is beautiful.
Sometimes, if you've made some very poor choices in life, mercy is getting what you deserve. It can be the starting point to changing your direction. (example: the drug user who winds up in jail and decides it's not worth doing drugs)
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