I don't want to do _________
because they don't deserve it.
I will not forget _________
because it hurt too much.
I don't care about them anymore
so I will hold a grudge.....
The words
written on a page
in a story
that is missing a
Chapter called
Mercy
But
a Story without
mercy~
"compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone
whom it is within one's power to punish or harm."(google)
Is not a story that I want to read
Is not a story that I want to live
but
I have
and that story
unravels quickly
because it not only hurts
the one who isn't receiving
mercy
but
it also hurts the one who isn't giving
mercy...
Me & You.
Mercy is giving us what we don't deserve
Mercy is not receiving what we do deserve
mercy
is void of
Grace
because
Grace is giving us what we don't deserve
Grace is receiving what we don't deserve
So
what if my story
and
what if your story
never had a
Chapter
called
Mercy...
I wouldn't want to get to the last chapter of that story
because the last sentence
would not read
"....and they Lived Happily Ever After".
So
Put Me in His Story
because
I want what I don't deserve
the gift is that is undeserved~
For it is by grace ____________ (PUT your name)
has been saved, through faith—and this is not from ____________
it is the gift of God—
But because of His great love for _________________,
God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ
even when _____________
was dead in transgressions—
it is by grace ______________
has been saved. Ephesians 2
So
let's
begin a new chapter in our story
and
Receive the Gifts of
Mercy & Grace
so that we can
pass these gifts along
to the
characters
in our story
who also
don't deserve what we think that they don't deserve~
Maybe by not saying what you really want to say
because you know it would hurt them more,
or
Maybe not doing what you really want to do
because you know if you did, it would hurt them more.
Release yourself
by
Releasing them
by
Receiving His
Grace & Mercy
because
The faithful love of the Lord never ends!
His mercies never cease.
Great is His faithfulness;
His mercies begin afresh each morning.
_______________ (Put your name)
says ,
“The Lord is my inheritance; therefore,
_______________
will hope in Him!” Lamentations 3:22-24