I grew up in a society that had a soft spot. The more I look back on it the more I am sure that there was a soft spot. Certain crimes got their attention and their hearts. Drug addiction was like a big forgivable black whole. I saw women crying over their sons who were “caught up “ in drugs , like choices were not involved. I then saw the same women, buying food stamps and selling their WIC coupons. Was it still not a crime? The same women who wanted mercy for their sons who were menacing society, could find no love in their heart for the Klansmen menacing society. Some sins and crimes were just sentimental. There was a soft spot there. We often pick and choose those who get justice and those who get mercy. I am so glad that I am not God and I am glad you aren’t either. God’s mercy is not political or sentimental. He rains on the just and the unjust. His justice is Universal and his vision is not clouded by sentiment. He is impartial only looking for one thing and that is the blood of Jesus. He gives mercy to the thief on the cross. He goes out of his way to see a woman by a well. He heals a man cutting himself in the cemetery and he is the good Samaritan, who helped an innocent victim who had fallen among thieves.
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