mercy triumphs
I am Javert. I see everything black and white. Justice, all must be fair.
Yet, I am Eponine. Dirty and rotten. Ever failing. So desperately in need of mercy.
Then there are my little Cosettes looking up at me. Innocent in so many ways yet already in need of grace.
And I feel the struggle of Jean Valjean. As my words and actions define for these little ones both justice and mercy.
I must show them their sin so that they will understand grace. Yet if I am to be shown mercy, mercy must always triumph.
Five-Minute Friday Prompt: Mercy
So fitting that you would reference Les Miserables, as it is the perfect picture of the power of mercy.
This is a shining jewel.
Deb Weaver
thewordweaver.com
“Innocent in so many ways, yet already in need of grace.”
“I must show them their sin so that they will understand grace. Yet if I am to be shown mercy, mercy must always triumph.”
Don’t you nail it again? Yes you do.
I will tape those to my heart and think of them as I mother.
Oh friend, I write it only because I so desperately need to be reminded of it.
Thankful it was the words you needed to hear tonight, too.