THE MERCIFUL

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THE MERCIFUL

 

Around the Year with Emmet Fox

 

March 30

 

“Blessed are the merciful:

for they shall obtain mercy”

Matthew 5:7

This is a brief summary of the law of life

that Jesus develops more fully

later in the Sermon (Matthew 7:1-5).

As it stands,

this Beatitude is as obvious in its meaning

as the law in question is simple

and inflexible in its action.

 

The point that the Christian needs to note

is that the principle covered in this Beatitude

lies in its application to the realm of thought.

Let us be merciful,

in our mental judgments of our brother,

for, in truth, we are all one, and the more deeply

he seems to err, the more urgent is the need for us

to help him with the right thought,

and so, make it easier for him to get free.

 

Because in deed and in truth we are all one,

component parts of the living garment of God,

you yourself will ultimately receive

the same treatment that you mete out to others,

you will receive the same merciful help

in your own hour of need from those

who are farther along the path than you are.