Earlier today, I was thinking about mercy, and on of the conclusions I came to is that we should show mercy even to those who don't practice it. At first, this seems unreasonable. After all, those who don't practice mercy give up their right to receive it, don't they? But if you only show mercy to those who deserve mercy, I think that misses the point of what mercy is. Mercy is, by most definitions, unearned. If they deserved it, it wouldn't be mercy. It would be justice. So, instead of being just as kind and merciful to others as they are, let's try to be a little nicer. Let's show the mercy and grace we hope God shows us.
Some people don't deserve mercy/ Strictly speaking, we don't either. Let's show mercy and kindness anyway and hope God does the same.
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