Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love Him. James 1:12 NET
Some of us have difficulty receiving the rich mercy of God in Christ not because of what others have done to us but because of what we've done to torpedo our life, maybe through one big, stupid decision or maybe through ten thousand little ones. We have squandered His mercy.
But do you know what Jesus does with those who squander His mercy? He pours out more mercy!!! Hallelujah! God is rich in mercy.
Whether we have been sinned against or have sinned ourselves into misery, the Bible says God is not tightfisted with mercy but openhanded, not frugal but lavish, not poor but rich.
That God is rich in mercy means that your areas of deepest shame and regret are not hotels through which divine mercy passes but homes in which divine mercy abides.
Whoa.
It means the things about you that make you cringe most, make Him hug hardest.
It means His mercy is not calculating and cautious, like ours to our fellow man. No no, It is unrestrained, flood-like, sweeping, magnanimous.
It means our haunting shame is not a problem for Him, but the very thing He loves most to work with. Out of the ashes our lives He creates art.
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