Mercy and love
by Pastor Peter Bean
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‘Lord, remember your mercy and love that you have shown since long ago’ (Psalm 25:6).
Mercy and love. Mercy and love. Mercy and love. It all comes back to that.
In the world we live in, different for each of us, but with many similarities, as well as many competing ideologies and beliefs, it’s important to have a foundation, to have something we can return to. Something simple, yet complex. Mercy and love.
Complex because often we make it so. Thinking we need to do this to please God, or we need to do that to set things right. Complex because there’s a whole history of mercy and love being rejected. The Hebrew Scriptures (also known as the Old Testament) are full of stories of God’s people rejecting mercy and love. The history of the world and our nation is full of stories of people rejecting God’s mercy and love. Complex because God chose a path we would not choose: a path of sacrifice, death, and resurrection.
Mercy and love, complex yet simple. Simple because mercy and love is the very essence of God. Simple because they are offered over and over again. Simple because they are offered freely. Simple because mercy and love are not ours to earn or to work out, but only to accept. Simple because Jesus lived and died mercy and love. Simple because mercy and love live forever.
Because of our similarities and despite our differences, we can all pray for God’s mercy and love, which we know has been shown throughout time. And because of that, in our complex world, we can return to the foundation offered by God in Jesus: mercy and love.
Mercy and love. It all comes back to that.
Lord, remember your mercy and love that you have shown since long ago. Amen.
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