Journey of Mercy

Psalm 25:6 Remember, O Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.

Ah, the mercy of God. We see it all over the Old Testament. God brings Israel back time and again after they've walked away. He shows His mercy through the individual lives of His people. The mercy of God has been written into the story of man from the very beginning, and Jesus was a part of it all. God's goal from the moment Adam and Eve sinned was to be merciful. He sent them from the garden in a show of His great mercy, not allowing them to eat from the Tree of Life in their broken state and remain so. He was moving from that very moment to return them to their original beauty, not stay in ruin. The journey of mercy begins in the garden and Jesus is going to put the final mark of mercy on the cross. Jesus' journey of mercy and love begins in Genesis and ends with Him sitting on the mercy seat in Heaven. I'm challenging myself to seek God's mercy differently by thanking Him for the work He has done, is doing, and will do in my life. It seems too simple, yet I've never said it. "Thank you, Lord, for your mercy." What do these words really mean for me?