Sometimes the words we say the most are the words we understand the least. As in the most common of all prayers, the “Lord’s Prayer” or “Our Father.”
At least three times a day we say, “forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Forgive me Lord, to the same extent that I forgive those who sin against me.
And today the Lord unpacks that request. For if we are to be forgiven to the extent that we forgive others, we will stop judging. We will forgive. We will give, more than being obsessed with what we are given.
And, in the Lord’s word, ‘the measure with which we measure is the measure which will be returned to us.’
So, you want mercy. Show mercy. It’s as simple as that.
