The Gift of Mercy

Compassion or forgiveness is a merciful thing. It’s a blessing, a divine thing that we, as people have the ability for.

Showing mercy towards someone is an act of forgiveness but not to forget.

Showing mercy upon his / her soul is a common theme in many sermons and is relevant more so now than ever before because of the advent of the internet age and instant information that we have at our fingertips. We tend to now more than ever jump to conclusions against our fellow man without a thought.

We are biased more than ever, judgmental as well. Fake news does exist in the mainstream so we need to be cautious and mindful, before we land judgement of guilt or give the gift of mercy. Both sides of the equation need to be considered.

Mercilessness is the opposite and shows no quarter towards a situation or a transgressor. To act in this way constitutes rigidness, narrow-mindedness, short sightedness, by not showing mercy means you close the door to change in that individual.

Mercy is kindly forbearance, leniency, but let it be known that you will always be wary from that day forward. Once bitten, twice shy.

When a person passes through to the other world, we like to believe that God’s mercy has taken hold and most if not all sins are forgiven in the eyes of the beholder.

Even self-proclaimed atheists should and probably do have mercy from God so goes the opinion of many.

Who are we to judge?

As fellow human beings, we put down animals for many reasons, like dogs that have bitten someone, they get an automatic death sentence because it is convenient, and we show no mercy except a painless death.

Willingness to forgive is a sign of Mercy, which is a solid character trait, by knowing someone’s path in life before forgiving, is not a prerequisite, but what is definitely needed is remorse from the person who was in error of their ways for their transgressions.

We have many virtues, and mercy is about your personal choice and how you decide you want to act.

Forming opinions is what we do, and how we decide what our next actions will be. I like to think that mercy is in my toolbox of goodness.