What Does 'Merciful' Mean to You?

byDivineGood

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4 years ago

Do you know of someone who especially enjoys informal social gatherings or who is sensitive to the atmosphere of a get-together?

Or perhaps this person likes to listen to a speaker who is emotional rather than someone who is logical.

Have you ever run into a highly sympathetic person who tends to cry easily? The same person cries over a movie or over someone's story related to him or her.

What about a person who is very tactile, always touching others? This person reflects empathy, compassion, sympathy and is highly attentive while listening sincerely.

The people I've just described have the gift of mercy.

Anyone else who has this gift seems to have an antenna that picks up the emotional responses of other people. They long for harmony in their home. They go out of their way to soothe people who have faced problems or traumas in their lives.

Physical contact is highly valued in all of their relationships. They seem to be able to read the body language of other people very well.

There are some limitations, though, as with the other gifts. Being so caring sometimes makes it difficult to discipline or help others. Sometimes these people are too tolerant of situations that could hurt others. And they are often swayed and influenced easily.

But a child with such a parent knows that he or she is loved, understood, and accepted because his or her feelings are validated and accepted.

"Mercy" means to console or to succor one afflicted. There is a phrase that says, "He who does acts of mercy (does so) with genuine cheerfulness and joyful eagerness."

That's the true manifestation of this gift. It leaps from the heart. There's no resistance to showing mercy, They don't begrudge.

Sometimes people with a different gift wonder, "How can you keep doing what you do?" They can't do it by themselves. Mercy is a gift from Above.

And what do we do when we received a gift? "Rejoice." " Be thankful." "Use it wisely." "Share it with others."

• What about you? Do you have a gift of mercy?
• How do you show your merciful ways to others?
• What effect does it have on you when you give mercy to others?
• What effect does it have on you when you receive mercy from others?

Thank you so much my dear WA Family for your mercy in reading my blog post and I do really appreciate your merciful attitude towards me and my post

Please do leave your comments, likes, feedback, and your own experience about expressing mercy to others.

God bless all of you and may you continue to receive everlasting mercy.

I love you all dearly.

Elizabeth