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

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  1. “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.