Miss Kate has the perfect word for us this week. Mercy, isn’t that a wonderful word? Mercy is such a hard thing to understand, and it completely fills a heart when received. A grace for us indeed eh? 🙂
But Mercy Stepped In
This week received
unexpected shock.
Broke a momma’s heart
Almost in two.
But mercy stepped in.
Stopped hard words.
This week received
A time of solid tears.
A momma’s heart remembering
A child of younger years.
But mercy stepped in.
A hug received.
This week received
Conversation badly needed.
A momma’s heart starts to see.
A glimmer of hope.
But mercy stepped in.
Friendship renewed.
This week received
A game in the mail.
Expected two weeks later.
A God-moment in time.
But mercy stepped in
Reconnection enabled.
This week received
Responses from friends.
Rejection expected.
Open arms given instead.
But mercy stepped in.
Hope in the Lord renewed.
This week received
Prayers and phone calls.
Words of hope and peace
From God himself inspired.
So mercy stepped in
in the form of a boy.
This I really saw how
This beloved of God
The creator of worlds.
Cares for his own.
Verses from my heart to yours
Heb 4:16
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Lam.3:22-23
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Eph.2:4-5
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
Exodus 34:6-7
6 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, 7 keeping steadfast love for thousands,a] forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.”
Romans 5:8
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
I am so pleased God stepped in. Isn’t God awesome how he provides without us asking or knowing what we need. Fmf #2
God is so wonderful at stepping in… blows my mind his attention to details.
‘…but mercy stepped in.’
God, I need it now!
I do not have the strength to fight
this cancer, nor the will,
but I have to bring the light,
make broken heart be still
to support my noble wife,
to hold her in prayer
in the daily workplace strife;
Lord, please keep me there!
Please help me hold on to the hope
for her, if not for me,
that she can with bright skill cope
with her adversity
and knowing that she’s done her best,
each day, lay down, sleep, and rest.
May God grant you your needed time Andrew.
Love this, Andrew! Praying God gives you and your wife just exactly what you need.
What would we do without God’s mercy? I loved reading the Scriptures you shared and being reminded, through your poem, of how mercy pervades every aspect of our lives.
thank you…and we’d be so lost without God’s mercy
Just the line “mercy stepped in” says it all. Beautiful Annette
thank you Cindy 🙂
Annette, I loved your poem, especially the line, “mercy stepped in.” So glad you saw evidence of that – AND of His timing. God bless!
thank you, mercy is a marvellous thing, and God’s timing… MAGNIFICENT!!! 🙂