Mercy

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. 

And what does the Lord require of you? 

To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. 

Micah 6:8 

This past week we talked about mercy.

Mercy is a hard one for kids to define. 

We defined it as abundant kindness!

We continued with the same songs we have been singing, 

but will change them next week. 

We used these in worship - which we also use in the sanctuary. 

Which is pictured here. 

(Isn't she beautiful dancing with them?)

God's abundant kindness was illustrated by Cale. 

He used a cup with a mixture of vinegar and salt 

and a handful of dirty pennies. 

First he showed the kids the dirty pennies. 

He talked about how they might have gotten dirty. 

He asked the kids what they thought. 

Then he talked about how we sin. 

He put the pennies in the cup, and stirred them up. 

As we did, the kids counted to 30. 

And when they came out - they were clean!

God's mercy does the same thing for us!

The kids each got a clean penny to take home!

After more worship songs, we broke into our small groups!

And here are our small group questions:

What is mercy?

 When has someone shown you amazing kindness?

  When is it hard to show kindness to someone?  

   Jesus calls us not just to be merciful, but to “love mercy.”

 How is that different? How is that harder?

May God's mercy flow on you today!

Peace, Pastor Katie