Meditation: Joan Boney
Psalm 23:6 ... Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.
Mercy:
- an event to be grateful for, because its occurrence prevents something unpleasant or provides a relief from something
- compassion or kindness in our treatment of others, especially those who have offended us or who deserve punishment
Just recently something happened which I recognized as the mercy of God because it spared me from something that was likely to cause me a lot of trouble. And at the time it happened, I recognized it was God who caused the situation which resulted in sparing me.
I know several times I have been spared from marrying and each time I knew it was God keeping me from my own destructions, my own plans. Looking back on these things in the past I can imagine how horrible my life would have been had I married that person. This is mercy toward me.
Sometimes we don't want that event that brings about mercy. So often we want what we want. But God as a good Father stops the thing that will destroy us. Later we see it. And we praise God for HIS way saved us from our own plans.