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To: O'Hara who wrote (23849)1/8/1999 1:20:00 PM
From: O'Hara  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 39621
 
><>...Thank you Father for your loving word...><>

Ps 26:1-12
1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.




To: O'Hara who wrote (23849)1/8/1999 1:33:00 PM
From: O'Hara  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 39621
 


><>...Imagine for one unholy moment!...><>

The grace, love, and mercy of God are never ending,... and sadly, by some of his
followers, little to none is ever given freely. And for some, not given out at any price.

We are all made in the image of God even those who may distort that image, but
nonetheless, as Christians we are to extend a hand filled with mercy, even to those who
may have none to give in return. Kindness and mercy, extended to one who who is not
in the will of God may help him find that perfect will of God, if only by example from a
merciful follower of Christ.

If, in the alternative we Christians cannot, from our hearts, gather together enough mercy
and/or forgiveness, to extend to one in need, than it be better that, we as followers of
Christ, were silent! For it is far worse if we set a bad example.... than none at all.

If we find ourselves in such a position,(unable to find it in our hearts to show mercy),
than we need only to remember that but for the mercy and grace of God we ourselves would
be cast aways!
Our sins are no less sinful than those we accuse our brothers of, and yet God's mercy, and grace
covers us.
And because of the mercy of God He reminds us no more of our past inequities.
He is not always reminding us of how sinful we are. And because He is righteous and
Holy, He has every right to, but because of His mercy He does not.
Praise be to His holy name.

Imagine for one unholy moment if God Himself began to post here and listed all the past
sins of all of us, and constantly reminded not only us, but the entire population of just
how wretched we really are.

I dare say not one of us could withstand such ridicule, not one of us!
But He doesn't, and praise God,.... And He doesn't not because He shouldn't, but because he is merciful!

Luke 6:35-37
35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your
reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the
unthankful and to the evil.
36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be
condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Matt 5:7
7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Thank you dear Father in Heaven for your mercy, though I am not worthy
O the mercy,and the grace of God! Where would any of us be without it?
Shalom...><>