WHEN JUSTICE, MERCY, & GRACE MET:

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BIBLE MEDITATION:
Psalm 84:11 - "...the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He
withhold from them that walk uprightly."

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
There are three words that came together at Calvary: justice, mercy and grace.
Justice is getting what we deserve. Mercy is not getting what we deserve. Grace
is getting what we don't deserve. But wait a minute; grace is more than that! It
is grace that gives at great cost to the giver. It is not cheap. Grace cost the
life of God's Son. Jesus gave freely of Himself in agony and blood. Did you know
that grace has to chase us down? If God didn't run faster than us, we would
never be saved! Grace seeks to give to vile and wicked people that which they
don't deserve and can never deserve.

ACTION POINT:
Are you a grace-giver? Find someone today and do a favor for them something for
which they couldn't possibly repay you. Perhaps it will even be for a stranger
you will never see again.