Have Mercy!

Well, have mercy! Mercy me! Will you just please have some mercy? God have mercy. Now that one is my favorite. But I wonder, do we really know what it means?
I have said and heard these phrases more times than I care to count. We say or hear them often. Don't we?
Oh, we want mercy. We need mercy. But what is mercy?
Jesus said "blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy." He also said if we do not have mercy none will be shown to us. Wow!
Merriam-Webster says that mercy is compassion or forbearance shown especially to an offender or other person in one's power. It is compassion, pity or benevolence, Merriam-Webster tells us. Hmmmmm...
So, I am sitting here doing some personal inventory. I had a situation happen yesterday. Well, it was so much more than a "situation". I had an agreement with someone on a contract. They didn't pay all that was owed according to the initial terms. I was so aggravated. I was flat angry still talking about it well into today.
Yet, I went to the dentist this morning. I needed his mercy. I needed some work done that I really couldn't afford. He gave it to me. It was amazing the mercy that was shown to me. Yet, not thinking about what I had just read the day before where Jesus was explaining to his disciples the parable about the wicked servant. Well, today I was that wicked servant. I continued complaining about the contract. As I was driving down the road, my car began smoking. It caught fire! I abruptly pulled over. As the smoke rolled out the vents and under my steering wheel, I thought of this client. I was angry about why this was happening to me. Yet, deep down I knew. There was a lesson here. I was about to learn it.
I thought about this and I'm thinking about it now. Jesus warned us so clearly. He was warning me.
After all it is He that gives us the ability to obtain wealth and not us by our own hands.
What is more important? My heart being right before God or more money in my account?
I am sitting here repenting. It doesn't matter who is right or who is wrong. God will sort all of that out.
What is most important is mercy, right?
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