I heard a fella say once, “I’ll forgive, but I won’t forget.” Now, I understand where he’s coming from, but if we’re being honest, that ain’t real mercy. That’s just keeping score with a smile on your face.

Jesus said in Luke 6:36, “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.” Now, that’s a tall order, because God’s mercy is deeper than the ocean and wider than the sky. But He calls us to it because mercy isn’t just something we receive—it’s something we’re supposed to give away like it’s going out of style.

Mercy means loving people when they don’t deserve it. It means cutting folks some slack even when they’ve made a mess of things. It means looking at somebody who’s hurt you and saying, “I’m gonna let God handle this instead of carrying it around like a sack of rocks.”

Truth is, we’ve all needed mercy more times than we can count. And if God, who knows every mistake we’ve made, still pours it out on us, then surely we can pass a little along. So today, let’s be merciful—not just because folks need it, but because we do too. And when in doubt, just remember: if God had a limit on mercy, none of us would have made it this far.