A Thought For The Week Of March 11

"May you have more and more mercy, peace, and love." (Jude 2) If you were to sit down and make a list of the things you needed that make life worth living, I suspect that these three things would probably, after some thought, be the top 3. Yeah, it's nice to have money and a good job and a nice house and all the trappings that supposedly mean "success" in the modern world. But what would they mean to us without mercy? After all, each one of us in one way or another has done enough to hurt others that we need mercy. And what would they mean to us without peace? Too many live lives of discontent, burdened by either things they've done or things that have been done to them, and they can't let them go. And what would they mean to us without love? Love is really what makes life worth living - to love and to know that we are loved. The good news is that no matter what the state of our relationship with other people might be, we already have mercy, peace and love in abundance. These things come from God. They comfort us, they strengthen us and then they lead us into merciful, peaceful and loving relationships with those around us. Have a great week!