There are times when we feel that being merciful is the right thing to do. It is always a big ask, but one that requires us to be merciful is the right and proper thing to do. The blessing here is not to underrate the mercy given. When a big error has been committed in life then there comes a time that being merciful is the right thing to do. It is a hard thing to give and yet it causes an issue where a soul has been left out and has nowhere else to go. It is a Godly thing to be merciful and when asked of us it is hard not to do. The error that was made would have been caused by an error of judgement, which was made despite the obvious feeling that the action was wrong. Forgiveness may be required, but to look merciful is more than that.
It involves, allowing ones heart to be opened in honesty and giving love where it wasn’t given before. To be merciful is not to exact the full penalty of the law, even if it measures out for the reasons stated clearly to be the punishment expected and given. Even so one feels a mitigating circumstance that causes an action by the one most incommoded that it is possible, and it is needed, to show mercy. One doesn’t want the punishment weighing heavily on the consciousness of emotions, even though it is reasonable. To be merciful is to forgive and not exact the full penalty that the law allows.
A winner of a bloody battle may decide not to execute the enemies that have been fought against and lost. It would be a merciful act to spare their lives and what good would it do to take the lives simply because one can. One hopes in this act of mercy that the forgiven would no longer hold the acts or deeds still worth fighting for and peace would be the result of giving way. Whatever the reason that caused the fight in the first place, by the winner being merciful then the matter should be at an end, and peace and harmony can be left where hatred and disharmony once was. It is at times of great disturbance in the behavior between good and evil that the greater good can gain the benefits of the mercy given.
If one prays for mercy before execution, it is thought to take away the bravery of a good death and show weakness, but nobody wants to be killed just by being on the losing side. Both sides fought because they believed in the cause and were prepared to give up their life fighting for it. Because one wasn’t required to do so in battle, why should it be necessary in peace? It is the winners who write the history and maybe they leave out any unsavory actions by their side. Why not be charitable and be truthful. Let the result of history be merciful to the ideology of both sides.
Jesus came across a mob intent on stoning a woman caught in the act of adultery. The Law said she should be stoned, and Jesus was asked to approve the Law. He did so by saying, “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.” The accusers drifted away and with this act of mercy, when they had gone, the woman thanked Jesus and he said to her, “Go your way and sin no more.”
Friday, 19th February 2021
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