The Patience of Mercy

My dear son,

I am the God who waits to be gracious and rises to show compassion. I am not a Father who hastily shuts the way home. I want you to know the patient love that calls you to trust me and live rightly.

Because I value justice, I do not treat wrongdoing lightly. Yet I want to show mercy to the child who acknowledges wrong and returns. You can honestly examine before me what you have been relying on.

Tell me this evening both what makes you grateful and what you need to reconsider. You do not have to choose only one. Come close in trust in your Father's faithfulness. I want to share an honest, loving relationship with you.

With all my love,
Your Father

Isaiah 30:18

WEB

18Therefore the LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

A short reflection

Isaiah proclaims that the Lord is a God of justice who waits to show grace and mercy even to an untrusting people, and blesses those who wait for him.

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