365 Days Vol. 2, Grace and Mercy

By Ivy Rose

The 3The 365 Days volumes are a series of twelve books intended to teach, edify, and inspire you in your walk with God. Interspersed with poetry and the creative word, the 365 Days volumes elicit your written responses too. These books become an asset for spiritual growth, encouraging you t

• Language: English
• Publisher: Indulgent Insights
• Release date: Jan 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781737622673

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365 Days Vol. 2

Grace and Mercy

365 Days Vol. 2

Grace and Mercy

IvyRose

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Rose, Ivy

365 Days Vol. 2, Grace and Mercy

ISBN: 978-1-7376226-6-6

First Edition

Dedication:

To my parents: Catherine and Karlton, and to my siblings: Karlton, Theresa, Nathaniel, Michael, Khadijah, and Daran

And to the extended branches of our family tree, which are our children: for them to carry the love of God in their very souls, to seek higher in the blessings of things to come by being the seed that has been watered, planted, and flourishes to the generation of them that love God.

Contents:

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1      There is Mercy       1

2      What Mercy Is       8

3      Psalm 118             14

4      Implied Trust Forever       21

5      When you Trust in God                                   28

6      Psalm Background                                    35

7      Hope in Adversity                                      43

8      Blessed Prosperity                                      51

9      Testimony and Challenges                        59

10      When we are being Tested                        68

11      God’s Grace is sufficient                          77

12      Deeper Trials                                            84

13      Loving Kindness                                        91

14      Job’s life our Example                                  102

15      Maturity of Job                                              109

16      God’s Sovereignty                                    117

17      The Message                                            126

18      The Questions                                          137

19      Jacob’s Experience                                        144

20      Jacob’s Journey                                              156

21      Preparation Reunion                                      163

22      Jacob Renamed                                        175

23      Who God Is                                              182

24      Job’s Assurance                                        188

25      Hope for Eternal Life                                195

26      Life’s Radical Change                              203

27      Commitment This Day                              210

28      Let’s Not Complain             219

29      2 Cor. 4:1-18                                            228

30       Perseverance                                              241

Wind is the way to righteousness -

Poetry in word, from the Word.

Earth is of dust

We are made - born, into darkness.

The path is the light

search the deepest part of your soul

it’s the heart of man that matters.

Seek and one will find

ask and it will be given unto you

knock and the door shall be open.

All you have to do is step through and in the end your destiny has been written in.

Taken and given

Renewed from birth to life to death to him who engraved, designed, and sculptured.

Your eternity unique

carved into the image of me, Emmanuel.

IvyRose

Mercy is an attribute of God. It is not to be confounded by or confused with mere goodness. This mistake is often made. You will see at once that it is a mistake, if you consider that mercy is directly opposed to justice. Justice, on the other hand, is one of the natural and legitimate developments of goodness. Goodness may demand the exercise of justice. Indeed, it often does, but to say that mercy demands the exercise of justice is to use the word without meaning.                                                Mercy asks that justice be set aside. Of course, mercy and goodness stand in very different relation to justice and have very different attributes. Mercy is a disposition to pardon the guilty. Its exercise consists in halting and setting aside the penalty of law when that penalty has been incurred by transgression. Mercy is, as has been said, directly opposed to justice. Justice treats every individual according to his rewards; mercy treats the criminal very differently from what he deserves to be treated. Punishment is never the rule by which mercy is guided; it is precisely the rule of justice.                                                 One’s disposition is set by one’s nature. In human nature the disposition can be characterized by one’s ancestries. For example, the tribe in which we belong may be exemplified by the tribe of Judah. We may have the characteristics of that tribe. Injustice can be aligned to your race, but to each there is a temperament within. The individual must first acknowledge and accept the injustice brought about in society to contain justice.

Mercy is exercised only where there is guilt. It always presupposes guilt. The penalty of the law must have been previously incurred; otherwise there can be no scope for mercy. When one searches to find peace within, the individual has to die to themselves by seeking the face of the highest, our Lord. This is done by accepting and acquiring the truth about the nature of human flesh, but receiving the living water is accepting our savior, Jesus Christ.

Mercy must always be exercised in our lives, even though the individual may deserve punishment. We must understand that the exercising of justice is when God is working on our behalf. We must remember that God has placed us as the rewarder of our faith. A person might think that if the punishment is deserved, then it becomes no longer than the sentence; just as ill reward goes (during the time served) but no farther. God’s great mercy shows through our discipline by his word, that if endless punishment is due, then there is the scope for infinite mercy.  But this is not true otherwise, as we see life in natural order as well as its spiritual. We must have balance if we live a free existence in the world. The word expresses that we are not of the world, but we must live by its laws.

Mercy personified comes when all else fails. Mercy was heartfelt and that’s why God let us in. Mercy isn’t grace; that was the law. Grace is what we were told to live by. First, we must hope without dread. To have grace is to have the integrity of God, but Mercy is new and reborn in the Savior, who died to give us life.

Food for Thought:

Jesus demands for greater grace with mercy in practice. We must remember that Jesus embraces those who humble themselves, acknowledging God’s right to rule, even if in practice they are not yet perfect. Why should you believe in the name of Jesus? How important is Jesus in your life? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Grace and mercy transform as well as forgiveness, Jesus is meek and lowly in heart to the broken, and he heals and restores the needy who seek him. What type of transformation can you feel taking place in your spiritual life?

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Thoughts in View:

The path is the light. Search the deepest part of your soul. It’s the heart of man that matters.

Seek and one will find. Ask and it will be given unto you. Knock and the door shall be open.

All you must do is step through and in the end your destiny has been written in. (IvyRose)

What does this mean to you?

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Poetry in word, from the word:

What would your poem be?

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Mediation:

Psalm 1:1-3

What is your prayer?

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2      What Mercy Is

Faith is the thing unseen

It never doubts

It doesn't question

Or stop to look at things we go without.

Faith we seek

It never asks.

We walk by faith, it’s a blind man sight, it need not see if we believe in, he the Light.

The goal is to reach the height as we pray for love to relieve,

to help the ones who hunger for the bread of life.

Faith shall never burden or be unjust

Faith allows and shows us how much God cares.

For his love is never late.

Faith we seek

It never asks

We walk by faith

It’s a blind man’s sight.

It need not see if we believe

In he, the Light.

IvyRose

It is in tough times and in our hope that God acts.  I walked through a dark valley as many of us have, but through it I can say I always maintained some glimmer of hope.  In my reflections of those days I saw hope coming through in thoughts, scripture notes, prayers and in reflections.  Hope surrounds us all even when darkness appears.

We need to always remember that with the cross and the darkness of the death of Jesus, God had the last word. This is so we can move from sorrow to glory. We must have certain hope that God is faithful and His grace is poured upon us in His Spirit. 

Let’s remember the story of the meeting Jesus had with the Samaritan woman.  In this story, God shows His grace at the most unlikely place, most unlikely time and to the most unlikely soul.  He came in the heat of the day, to an enemy town and spoke to a Samaritan woman at that. He did things that seem so unlikely.

But He walks her from sin to light as He does for each of us.  He exposed her sins and then instead of judgment, He gave her to drink from the living water, Divine Mercy. He spoke words of mercy and love. He didn’t judge, He loved and poured His divine mercy over her in oceans of mercy. Similarly, He will send His Holy Spirit to call you back to life and glorify Jesus.

I beg all to know this gift of the Father, that is His Divine