Mercy

By Paula Williamson, guest writer

When I think of the differences in my family over the last four generations, I marvel at both the good and the bad. My great-grandmother was alive when slavery was legal. My grandmother was not allowed to vote because she was a woman. My mother was born during the Holocaust, when six million people were murdered because they were Jews. I was born at a time when there were signs on restaurant doors and water fountains prohibiting Black people from using them or entering. I can hardly fathom what happened in those four generations. History reveals many wrong views. 

It Is Written

PSALM 136:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. For his mercy endures forever

Life Goes On

The world and life are constantly changing. You can fill in the blanks with all the changes that have taken place in the world since then and with how far we seem to drift from God and His Word. We are here today because of His mercy. Those of us who have met Him are changed by His mercy. If the world can change for the better, it will be because of His mercy extended to us and others. No doubt some of what we believe today will seem appalling in the future. I am grateful for His mercy.

Prayer

Lord, we can learn from the mistakes of past generations as recorded in history books. We are sorry for the sins of past generations and for our own. We have made our own rules and doctrines and followed our own ways. We ask for forgiveness and do not want to take advantage of Your mercy. Lead us back to You and Your ways.

Takeaway

His mercy endures forever.