Mercy is a weird thing because if you really think about what the word truly means, there isn't

a lot of mercy going on in the world.

Now I think we're very good at showing care toward people in our tribes and people like us.

I think we're good at showing care as humans in this society when we get something back,

but I think it's pretty mind-boggling when we see people who do good to people who cannot help them at all.

Or when people do merciful, caring things toward people in a way where they get no credit and nobody will ever know and it doesn't help their tribe

and it's simply an act of unmerited kindness for someone who is in a desperate situation

and desperately needs it. That is such a strange outlier and how much more so when that goes

across tribal lines between people you wouldn't expect. Did you guys see?

Oh, what's the name of the movie?

It's got the guy's name is Walt,

but it's not breaking bad.

Grand Torino.

Did you see Grand Torino with Clint Eastwood?

This is one of those situations where it is shocking that the characters who show mercy to each other show mercy to each other because they're not getting anything out of the deal.

Mercy is one of the most counterintuitive, countercultural, counter human nature things that you see.

And look, I ain't gonna lie. Christians don't have the market cornered on this.

We see Mercy from all kinds of unexpected corners of society all the time, but Christians

should do it all the time, because in Matthew Chapter 5, the King of Christianity, the King

of the Great Kingdom that Christianity is, says that the merciful

are blessed for they're going to receive mercy. Jesus lists the merciful or the concept of mercy in his opening batch of kingdom values.

I'm going to read this from the beginning.

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