Relying On God's Mercy

 Once there was a holy place, Evidence of God's embrace And I can almost see mercy's face, Pressed against the veil

Looking down with longing eyes, Mercy must have realized, That once His blood was sacrificed, Freedom would prevail And as the sky grew dark And the earth began to shake, With justice no longer in the way, Mercy came running

Like a prisoner set free, Past all my failures to the point of my need, When the sin that I carried, Was all I could see And when I could not reach mercy, Mercy came running to me.

A thousand times I've failed, Still your mercy remains, Should I stumble again, Still I'm caught in your grace
Everlasting, your light will shine when all else fades, Never ending, your glory goes beyond all fame, Your will above all else, My purpose remains, The art of losing myself in bringing you praise, Everlasting, your light will shine when all else fades, Never ending, your glory goes beyond all fame, In my heart, in my soul

I give you control, Consume me from the inside out, Let justice and praise, Become my embrace, To love you from the inside out, Everlasting, your light will shine when all else fades, Never ending, your glory goes beyond all fame And the cry of my heart is to bring you praise, From the inside out, Lord my soul cries out.

Luke 6 verse 36- Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Psalm 23 verse 6- Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Ephesians 2 verse 4-5:  But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

Psalm 103 verse 8- The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

Jude 2 verse 2- Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.

In all of this we see how God shows us that no matter where we are life that surely Goodness and Mercy will follow us all of our days.

We see that no matter what, whenever we go through a storm in life that we can rely on God to show us Mercy, Love, and Grace.

When we feel down, God lifts back up and shows us that we can receive His Mercy and show Mercy to others around us.

We need to remember that no matter what comes our way that everything is going to be okay.

I want to end on these two things for tonight's study because I think it's important to learn.

Everyone needs compassion, Love that's never failing, Let mercy fall on me, Everyone needs forgiveness, The kindness of a Saviour, The hope of nations.

Here is a definition of what mercy means: compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.

In these last two things, it reminds us how it is better to show Mercy than to not allow ourselves to feel down and out in how things can be out of our control versus what is in our control and that is when we realize we need to rely on God's Mercy, and Let Go and Let God.

That for me in that quote sums up how we need to let God handle these things without thinking we are meant to fight it alone. We are not, and God will continue to show us Mercy.