No One Can Judge

"Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her." (John 8:7). This is a powerful story, and it is all summed up in this one verse.

The bible that I read tells me that the God I serve is a God of mercy. The word mercy means to extend help to the lowliest or the most undeserving. It implies compassion that overshadows punishment, even when justice demands it. Mercy is a word we throw around. We use it often in our prayers. We sing it in our songs. We talk about it in our jargon, "There by the grace of God go I." Justice demanded that you and I should die, but mercy stepped in and said not so.

So great is God’s mercy that it is almost inexpressible. God’s mercy knows no limit. There is none who is beyond his saving power. His mercy reaches to the highest mountain and flows to the lowest valley.

Your future is not determined by your past. Your future is not determined by what you used to be. Your future is not determined by what you used to do, but your future and my future is determined by Jesus Christ and by what he can and will do. Jesus Christ is the same today and yesterday and tomorrow. There is no secret, what God can do & what he’s done for others, he’ll do for you.

-Hannah Sharp