Bits of Being

thoughts on life, faith, family….and, yes, just learning to "be"

Category: Meditations

  • Ramblings on Mercy and Justice

    Post Views = 2177  Mercy and justice. Are they opposites? Does God’s justice contradict his mercy? Is he sometimes merciful and sometimes exacting of justice? Is he merciful now, but later will be full of judgment? Was he once a judging God, but now has decided to become merciful? Is he two-faced? So many questions…

  • The Difficulty of Mercy

    Post Views = 2387 I have a hard time with mercy. Why? Because I want justice. Justice is easy to understand. I can get my head around it. It makes things neat and organized, black and white. I can come up with a list of rules to follow, which determine who’s in and who’s out,…