Not only does God’s faithful love save us, it also teaches us. And it never stops inviting and pursuing us today. God’s unrelenting love was just that-it never stopped inviting. ![]() He laid out the welcome mat for unfaithful Israel in spite of their wandering and unwillingness to return His faithfulness. ![]() God makes it easy for us to come home too. And my favorite: He promises to make the Valley of Achor into “a gateway of hope” (Hosea 2:15). Because we have been shown true mercy, we can begin to show the same.ĭo you see the way God demonstrates mercy to His people in today’s reading? Israel is wronger than wrong-deeply unfaithful and offensive-and God makes plans to allure His unfaithful bride with tenderness. He makes us righteous because of the righteous One who died in our place. He invites you and me, just like He invited Israel, to return from how very wrong we are. He requires us to repent, but He doesn’t make us grovel. We watch God, in His Word and in our own lives, act in mercy toward us every day. We grant mercy because we have been granted mercy. We don’t grant mercy because we are more and someone else is less. Not to my kids, not to my husband, not to the people I work with, and not to the One seated on the mercy seat.īut mercy isn’t about our righteousness. ![]() It’s restoration on my terms and with my limits. Sure, I’ll forgive you-just as long as you know I’m the one administering the mercy, and you’re the one admitting your shortcomings. I love being on the right side of an argument.īeing “righteously right” is more satisfying to me than a dark chocolate-covered pretzel (and those are pretty good).
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