POST #38: JESUS' SERMON ON THE MOUNT: Wonderful Peace... coupled with Mercy...

I saw a very sobering news documentary reporting that almost 25% of the children in the USA live at the poverty level. In one county alone, they were an additional 5-15 students a week reporting that they had become homeless. Many families live in one motel room, sometimes sharing it with another family.
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I thought about something someone said, this year, as our church family looked at 2 Peter and James,
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"Have you ever noticed the scriptures that use the words 

'grace, mercy, and/or peace' in the same verse?" 

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Yes!  

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Two of those words also go together

 in consecutive verses 

in Christ's Sermon on the Mount.

Be-attitudes 6 and 7 say:

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"Blessed are the merciful, 
for they will obtain mercy."

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"Blessed are the peacemakers, 
for they will be called the children of God."

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As I shared the other day, James writes:
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"But the wisdom that comes from heaven

 is first of all pure; 

then peace-loving, 

considerate, submissive, 

full of mercy and good fruit, 

impartial and sincere."

~James 3:17~

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A few other scriptures to meditate on today, read like this:
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1 Timothy 1:2
"Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord."
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2 Timothy 1:2
"Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord."
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2 John 1:3
"Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love."
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Jude 1:2
"Mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance."
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~May we live our new year in such a way that we are 
BLESSED with grace, mercy, and peace in abundance!~

Oh, the JOY!

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