We all are victims of self-preservation- we are just not conscious of it. It fills everything we do. We don’t intervene, we don’t act, we don’t speak out, we don’t speak up- because we’re too afraid- afraid that we might get hurt, that we might not be accepted by “society”, that our friends will desert us, that our time may be wasted because there is no profit to be gained.
WE ARE AFRAID TO DO GOOD. But you know what I learned last Wednesday? Self-preservation is bereft of MERCY. When we preserve ourselves- we become MERCILESS. An old man told me, “the human mind cannot fully grasp the breadth of mercilessness- but we can use it to describe something or someone.”
How do we define the mercilessness of a person who has exploited and stole the innocence of children? We cannot. But we can say, “MERCILESS!”
Those who have demoralized the Temple of the Holy Spirit- the human body- MERCILESS!
Those who kill their very own children, just so they could live a “better” life- MERCILESS!
Those who let the lost stay lost, and not guide them to the right path- MERCILESS!
Those who do not know what color to wear for the day, when a lot of peole don’t even have the basic necessities- MERCILESS!
Sadly, we have become merciless, because of self-preservation. Not only to other people, but even in our families.
The right path is the cross. That is why, WE ARE SAVED BECAUSE OF GOD’S MERCY AND GREAT LOVE FOR US.
God did not remain God, clothed in His Glory and Honor. He became like us, human.. dust. Just so we would be saved from our sins. God is full of mercy and forgiveness.
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ is the ultimate image of the mercilessness of human beings and the MERCIFULNESS OF GOD.
Let us all be merciful, as God is to us. Us who committed a lot of sins, ommitted a lot of holy acts and speeches, us who are weak, us who are poor in spirit, us who are prisoners of our own desires and wants and possessions, us who are DUST.
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Thomas answered and said to Him, “my LORD and my God!” -John 20:28
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