Extend Tenderness

To get certain foods tender, we soak 'em, beat 'em, smother 'em, and smoke 'em.  This takes time, a smart cook, and hungry-but-patient people.

 

God's mercies are NOT slow-to-tender -- they are tender-by-nature!  The psalmist wrote, "The Lord is good to all; and His tender mercies are over all His works." (Psalm 145:9)  Thank goodness we don't have to wait on God's mercies to become tender toward us -- we'd be in big trouble if that were the case!  Since it is Christ's Nature to be merciful and tender toward us, it should also the nature of His followers. The world needs to see, to know, to feel The Father’s tender mercies, and we are His pipeline.  May our attitudes, our words, our thoughts, and actions bear God’s tenderness today!