Learning Mercy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, blessed are the merciful,

For they will know mercy,

And I will stand and testify

To the mercy shown me.

 

I’ve learned to offer much more grace

Than I did in the past,

And I have all the scars to show

From lessons that will last.

 

I tended to face every day

With fists raised up to fight,

So much that I felt agonized

In evening’s fading light.

 

Yet, slowly, as the years went by

I learned to offer grace.

Instead of anger, I let peace

And mercy take its place.

 

I’m still a work that’s in progress,

And I always will be,

But I have learned to offer grace,

And to treasure mercy.

 

Matthew 5: 7

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.