It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed,
because his compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23
Our mercies should be new every morning, too
Forget about yesterday, the offenses,
Let bygones be bygones
Let His love reign in your heart and dethrone all the haughty judgments
in your mind
Count others better than yourself
I had to face someone the other morning
who had kicked dust in my face the day before
I tried not to take it personally, he has a lot he is going through
He took some of it out on me
When I first saw him, those feelings of irritation crept back in
I heard the Holy Spirit say, His mercies are new every morning
So I let it go, I didn’t even bring it up
Turn the other cheek
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other;
and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also. Luke 6:29
If only we could be more like Jesus
If only we could forgive like He asks us to
To not take offense
To cover sins with His love
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. Proverbs 10:12
Side note:
If you are reading this and thinking of how some people deserve
punishment for what they have done, that may be true,
but that is not our job yet to judge
What we give is what we will receive
The amount of mercy and grace we give
may someday be the amount of mercy and grace we receive from the Lord
Make sure when you are correcting others
that you are pointing them to the Lord Jesus
and allow them to answer to Jesus for their follies and sins
and not demand they answer to us
God’s word is true
Always speak His word, the truth in love