There is more mercy for you than you realize.
All of the time you spend beating yourself up, Jesus would rather you be at His feet soaking in His presence.
He wants to tell you just how beautiful he thinks you are.
He wants to give you love and mercy enough so you have no choice but to give some away.
Readily available are hundreds of neatly designed quotes of how "my cup overflows", but have you stopped to think about what that's really like? I don't remember giggling with glee the last time that I poured too much coffee in my cup and it spilled on the counter. I was irritated. It was messy.
How much more messy is the unfathomable, uncontainable love of a perfect Father to His dearly beloved children?
He pours and pours until we think we can't hold it any longer and he keeps pouring as it spills over the sides of our hearts, into our lungs as we breathe, flowing through every blood vessel until it oozes out of our pores and bellows out of our mouths in various forms of laughter, song, wisdom, discipleship, gentle rebuke, mercy, and love to all who we encounter.
His love is messy, perfectly.
It's sticky. It's intended to be sticky. It's still there when you think you don't have any remaining, the remnants are left behind to cling to until your surrender welcomes you back to sit at His feet to get refilled.
There is mercy available for the taking. Just ask for it.
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