Blessed Quietness Blog

And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes the judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him. Hebrews 9:27-28 The Dreaded Call. Maybe you, like me, have experienced that phone call we wish we had never received, letting us know we had a life threatening illness. It was just a few years ago, I received a call on a Sunday afternoon from my doctor. I was not expecting to hear this news; if I were to tell you that I was happy about the news, I would either be lying or you would declare me a certified lunatic. I had seen many other doctors before I received this phone call and all of them told me I was fine; I did not have a life-threatening illness. However, this Sunday afternoon, proved to be a day of reckoning for me as I received the very difficult news that all of the other doctors and specialists were wrong; they misdiagno

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.  James 2:13 Mercy of Christ.   As amazing as it is to watch an act of mercy conferred upon another or even ourselves, it is incredibly unsettling to witness the refusal of this wonderful gift of mercy. If you have ever been on the receiving end of mercy, and I would dare say, we all have at some point in our lives, especially if we call ourselves a Christ follower, you know what value there is in the act of mercy. Were it not for Christ's mercy -- we would suffer great loss. photo credit: Art4TheGlryOfGod via photopin cc Mercy Held Hostage. Unfortunately, those of us who have been blessed with mercy have a tendency to hold mercy hostage and not set her free to be given to someone else. We all long for and desire that mercy for ourselves but we are at times, beyond hesitant, to extend this same mercy to others. Do we feel the need to correct others all the time? Are we n