First Presbyterian Church Of Baton Rouge

When you know the depth of the mercy you require and the wonder that such compassion has been given to you by Jesus, then your heart can be open to love. Then you look mercifully upon your fellow humans. Because you are as broken and needy as those you used to despise. And real life, eternal life, means entering that loop of mercy. Christ Jesus picks you up and carries you home in mercy. Then he sends you out to do the same. It’s not outside in: what I should and ought to do to get what I want. It’s from the inside out. How can I show love to the one who put me on his shoulders and carried me home? By sharing the mercy I have come to know.