Monday, July 30, 2012

A Prayer for Monday, July 30, 2012

Mercy

Grace, it has been said, means that we get what we don’t deserve. Mercy, it has also been said, means that we don’t get what we do deserve.

During this week, O God, we will have opportunities to show mercy.

There will be times when we will get to choose between giving someone what she or he deserves and not giving someone what she or he deserves; there will be times when we will get to choose between wanting someone to get what she or he deserves and not wanting someone to get what she or he deserves.

When we are confronted with those choices, O God, please remind us of the great mercy you have given us.

Indeed, fill us so much with your great mercy toward us that we can’t help but let it flow out of us and onto others.

Amen.

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