"Misericordia - Mercy" and Johanna's Birthday Party
Last Saturday, November 6, 2010 c2C meeting was held in our new friends and c2c members, Kelvin and Johanna Peña house. We were delighted to have been invited to their lovely home to not only have our regular meeting but to celebrate a very special occasion, Johanna’s birthday ! We had a wonderful time full of laughter and joy. First we started off with a powerful prayer and then followed by the word of God. The topic: Mercy in spanish: MISERICORDIA A good way to understand the meaning of mercy is to see how it relates to grace: 1. Mercy--not getting what you do deserve / withheld punishment 2. Grace--getting what you don't deserve / unmerited favor I found this example: • Mercy is like a judge finding you guilty, but then withholding any punishment. Grace is getting something you could never have imagined. An inexplicable gift. It's like the same judge awarding you $10,000,000.00, after finding you guilty! • In this sense, mercy can be thought of as the opposite of grace, or ...