Mercy and Grace

Most of us have heard the song “Amazing Grace” many times over. Truly to have mercy we must begin grace. The grace is undeserved favor from God. We give mercy to others because of the grace we have been given. If we don’t give mercy by forgiving them for what wrongs they have put on us than grace can be taken from us.

Mercy and grace can’t happen without love either. They go together as a threesome. We have heard that there is faith, hope and love with love being the greatest so than comes grace followed by mercy.

We were created for a purpose in our lives because of God’s love for us. He desires to give us grace everyday with the love. You can lose the grace like I say because you haven’t given mercy by not forgiving. It is not always easy to forgive however God has forgiven us because of our trespasses.

I believe people don’t see God in good light because of how others have treated them. Let you know that God is not like us. He is greater than us. He loves us despite what we have done or will do. He desires to give us grace everyday along with love especially if we forgive others. Like I say not an easy task at all because there are evil people in this world that hate us and then those closest to us wrong us as well however without mercy and forgiveness we won’t have peace and joy in the way we want it.

So in the same way God has given us grace by forgiving all our trespasses we must forgive others as well. It doesn’t mean that we forget what they have done to us we choose to forgive. It is not for their benefit but for ours. It doesn’t mean that we have to spend time necessarily with them we just forgive them.

I have forgiven those who wronged me especially those who I grew up with. I have so much more peace and I am able to see them in a better light. They were only kids who may have not known any better. Of course that doesn’t matter one way or another. I feel like a better person because of the forgiveness. It doesn’t mean that the thoughts of what they did don’t come up now and then but I have the grace from God for it. Amen!