Mercy, Compassion and Monday Mornings

Today's Bible lesson is on GOD's mercy, compassion and HIS great design plan for humanity. There is no way I will ever, ever understand what HE has in store for me or anyone else, but one thing I know for certain is that as long I as keep HIM at the center of my life, as the main focus of my life HIS compassion and mercy for me is so MASSIVE that it out numbers the stars in the sky, the breaths I will take and the beats of my heart.

Why can't I be as kind and compassionate as HE is? That one is easy..I am not GOD !

I'm just a mere mortal being, a terribly, fatally, faulty individual.

This is a person who has relatives who won't speak to her, past friends who pretend not to know me, and old hurts that run so deep I cry at the thought of them.

But, I have a Father in Heaven that never fails to listen to me, hold me, stroke my cheek when I cry and when I tell HIM I am sorry, HE always forgives me. HE accepts me with my faults and allows me to change slowly, quietly. HE watches and waits with the patience of the mighty grace of the KING that HE is. HIS standfast hands guide me in the great stillness of the turmoil of my life.

HE and HE alone knows that the deepest hurts of this life caused by the most caustic people will all be healed one day. HE and HE alone knows that the evil one will not prevail and all HIS children will win the war and triumph battle cries will be heard everywhere when HE returns.

Recently, I was viciously attacked by someone from an organization that I had been involved with. The attack was unfounded, unwarranted and just plain mean spirited. The thing that got me the most was it was from a so called fellow "Christian". A person who had led me to believe that they cared about me and my family, that they cared about a couple of groups of people that are important to me and they also used my grief to try to endear themselves further into my life.

GOD warned me ahead of time, HE stepped in and said "move yourself away now." HE will protect you when you allow HIM to lead your life. I was still attacked, but HE showed HIS mercy and compassion by removing me from this source of evil quickly.

Now, it is time to show HIS mercy and grace. I could have responded in kind, but instead I choose to pray for this person and for the family members that don't speak to me. May GOD someday allow the old hurts to heal, truly heal and may the mercy and compassion that HE gives to all of us as HIS children rain down and heal each of us so that we can truly be joyful in being Children of GOD.