Isaiah 58 Foundation

Sunday Adela cooked gumbo for Tony´s 56th birthday. Dottie has taught Adela how to cook and she can cook anything Dottie has cooked. Adela is officially a Guatemalan Cajon.

Kids ask me what I want to write on my tomb. I don´t know if they are anxious or just curious. I always tell them to write “He was a man of mercy”.

Jesus forgave immediately even those who nailed him on the cross. He forgave Judas. I desire that characteristic. I will not hate. I will not be unforgiving.

I want to give mercy because Jesus has been so merciful for me. I have underlined the word mercy as I read through the Bible last year and mercy is used 314 times.  The word merciful is used 40 times so that is a total of 354 times. Love is used 751 times.

My favorite verse on mercy is Micah 7:18 “Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of his children?”

James 2:13 says, “There will be no mercy for those who have shown no mercy”. The main truth I take away when I study Jesus is that He forgave immediately. His mercy was immediate.  He made no one wait for forgiveness. I want that characteristic.

The woman taken in adultery. Paul the killer of Christians. Peter when he denied Jesus 3 times. If you are sincere and ask He will forgive you immediately.

Ryan McGovern a representative of Isaiah 58 Foundation is here for a few days. They have supported us for years.