God will bless you, even if others treat you unfairly for being loyal to him. You don't gain anything by being punished for some wrong you have done. But God will bless you, if you have to suffer for doing something good. After all, God chose you to suffer as you follow in the footsteps of Christ, who set an example by suffering for you. Christ did not sin or ever tell a lie. Although he was abused, he never tried to get even. And when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he had faith in God, who judges fairly. (1 Peter 2:19-23-CEV)

 

He answered: I will shew thee all good, and I will proclaim in the name of the Lord before thee: and I will have mercy on whom I will, and I will be merciful to whom it shall please me. (Exo. 33:19-DRB)

 

And thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days. (Ps. 23:6-DRB)

 

O LORD, your mercy reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. (Ps. 36: 5-GW)

 

The LORD is merciful and loving, slow to become angry and full of constant love. (Ps. 103: 8-GNB)

 

 

How many of us are constantly badgering ourselves because of something that happened or that we did in the past?  Look at your neighbor and tell them, “Pull out a bucket of Mercy and free Yourself!”

 

 We must realize that life happens. We cannot change it or shape it or make it go exactly as we would like for it too. As hard as we may try, we just do not do what is right when we should. I wish that I could tell you that I never or rarely do anything wrong and that I do right than others that I know. And I could tell you that, but it would most assuredly be a lie. We often hear people say that they try to live and walk holy before the Lord, and we should, nevertheless, if we fail and if we know that we have done the best that we can, we cannot hold ourselves in that status. Sometimes, we must pour ourselves a bucket of mercy. If Gods mercies are new every morning, then why can’t we be merciful toward ourselves? The bible says, Just thinking of my troubles and my lonely wandering makes me miserable. That's all I ever think about, and I am depressed. Then I remember something that fills me with hope. The LORD's kindness never fails! If he had not been merciful, we would have been destroyed. The LORD can always be trusted to show mercy each morning. (Lam. 3: 19-23-CEV)

 

Jeremiah said in verse nineteen that every time he thought about his troubles he became depressed.  That tells me that we need to change our way of thinking.  Beloved, God does not view us like we do, nor as others view us. The Bible says, For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth; (Ps.23:6-DRB), God gives and extends mercy to us. It reaches to the heavens and the skies.  We need to pour ourselves a bucket of mercy and free ourselves. Somebody needs to be free today.  WE go to church week after week and listen to the word, yet we live in constant condemnation.  God wants and desires for us to experience His loving kindness, forgiveness and mercy.

 

Finally, the word says; The LORD is merciful and loving, slow to become angry and full of constant love. (Ps. 103:8-GNB) If God is slow to become angry with us, and full of constant love, don’t you think we should love to ourselves just a little bit more than we do? As we move forward and prepare to forgive ourselves, start from where we are and know that God has pulled out a bucket of mercy and freed us!!!! God Bless You