There is a natural connection when you speak the words Mother and Mercy. These beautiful words may not always be spoken in the same sentence, nevertheless they are natural together. Like knowing that, mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. [Psalm 85:10]
An elderly Quaker woman with beautiful complexion was asked what kind of cosmetic she used. In reply she is said to have offered this splendid prescription: “I use for my lips, truth; for my voice, prayer; for my eyes, pity; for my hands, charity; for my figure, uprightness; for my heart, love.” The mercy of a caring mother captures the essence of her beauty. Time will wrinkle her brow and her hands will show the wear of duty to her husband and children, but her mercy continues to lighten the path of those who love and follow her teaching. Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching, [Proverbs 1:8].
A mother’s compassion is more than a feeling; it is a way of life. Her expression of mercy is that of giving. Giving unselfishly, providing for her children, showing pity but not forsaking justice. “O mother, when I think of thee, ‘Tis but a step to Calvary. Thy gentle hand upon my brow, is leading me to Jesus, now.”
Mercy endures. The long hours and sharp pain of childbirth are soon forgotten with the first embrace of a mother’s newborn. The first step of the son or daughter is taken with mother’s hands outstretched, waiting with an anxious smile. The years pass with times of joy and sorrow as she shares her enduring love. Likewise, …O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. [Psalms 106:1]. Mercy would be lost in the space of time if it was not covered with the shroud of forgiveness.
“There is one eternal principal which will be valid as long as the world lasts. The principle is -- Forgiveness is a costly thing. Human forgiveness is costly. A son or a daughter may go wrong; a father or a mother may forgive; but that forgiveness has brought tears ... There was a price of a broken heart to pay. Divine forgiveness is costly. God is love, but God is holiness. God, least of all, can break the great moral laws on which the universe is built. Sin must have its punishment or the very structure of life disintegrates. And God alone can pay the terrible price that is necessary before men can be forgiven. Forgiveness is never a case of saying: ‘It's all right; it doesn't matter.’ Forgiveness is the most costly thing in the world.”
A little boy forgot his lines in a Sunday school presentation. His mother was in the front row to prompt him. She gestured and formed the words silently with her lips, but it did not help. Her son's memory was blank. Finally, she leaned forward and whispered the cue, "I am the light of the world." The child beamed and with great feeling and a loud clear voice said, "My mother is the light of the world."
A mother’s compassion is more than a feeling; it is a way of life. Her expression of mercy is that of giving. Giving unselfishly, providing for her children, showing pity but not forsaking justice. “O mother, when I think of thee, ‘Tis but a step to Calvary. Thy gentle hand upon my brow, is leading me to Jesus, now.”
Mercy endures. The long hours and sharp pain of childbirth are soon forgotten with the first embrace of a mother’s newborn. The first step of the son or daughter is taken with mother’s hands outstretched, waiting with an anxious smile. The years pass with times of joy and sorrow as she shares her enduring love. Likewise, …O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. [Psalms 106:1]. Mercy would be lost in the space of time if it was not covered with the shroud of forgiveness.
“There is one eternal principal which will be valid as long as the world lasts. The principle is -- Forgiveness is a costly thing. Human forgiveness is costly. A son or a daughter may go wrong; a father or a mother may forgive; but that forgiveness has brought tears ... There was a price of a broken heart to pay. Divine forgiveness is costly. God is love, but God is holiness. God, least of all, can break the great moral laws on which the universe is built. Sin must have its punishment or the very structure of life disintegrates. And God alone can pay the terrible price that is necessary before men can be forgiven. Forgiveness is never a case of saying: ‘It's all right; it doesn't matter.’ Forgiveness is the most costly thing in the world.”
A little boy forgot his lines in a Sunday school presentation. His mother was in the front row to prompt him. She gestured and formed the words silently with her lips, but it did not help. Her son's memory was blank. Finally, she leaned forward and whispered the cue, "I am the light of the world." The child beamed and with great feeling and a loud clear voice said, "My mother is the light of the world."
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