Luke 10:36-37:
"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"
The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him."
Jesus' parable that we looked at yesterday reminds us of a simple truth: Mercy is an action, not an attitude.
When a child falls down and you comfort him, that's mercy.
When a neighbor needs a hand and you help her, that's mercy.
When a stranger is hungry and you give them food, that's mercy.
An act of mercy is simply this: a need you see in another that you act to fill. It's no good to see the need and not move to address it. It's no good to meet a need that isn't there. But when you see another's need and your heart is so moved that your hands actually get involved that, my friends, is Christ's mercy in action through you.
It doesn't have to be big. It doesn't have to be world-changing. It just has to happen.
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