JUSTICE AND MERCY

Luke 6:36

Have pity on others, just as your Father has pity on you.

Happy families uphold justice but also dispense mercy. Justice means that good is rewarded. And although families correct what is bad, the bad also gets forgiven. When all else fails, bawasan ang justice and be merciful dahil yan ang ipinakita sa atin ng Panginoon. Kung puro justice lang ang paiiralin natin sa pamilya magkakaroon talaga ng kaayusan. There will be order, set systems and rules, and family members will know where to stand. But our families will have very cold relations. Para lang tayong hukuman. Dapat alam natin when to be merciful. At kung nalilito tayo between justice and mercy, let us choose to be merciful. Kasi tayo din naman kung makikitungo sa Dios, di ba mas gusto din natin that God would be merciful? Because if God’s justice will be applied to us, not one of us will pass the test. Kaya mag-dispense tayo ng mercy.

Lahat ng pamilya nagkakaproblema. Pana-panahon lang kung sino ngayon, sino next month, sino next year. Bakit may mga pamilyang hanggang ngayon ay magkakasama pa, at bakit may mga pamilyang nagkahiwa-hiwalay na? Iisa lang ang dahilan. May mga pamilyang nagpatawad na at may hindi. Huwag ninyong sasabihing magkasama pa yang mga yan kasi perfect sila. Lahat ay nagkakamali. Ang ipinagkaiba lang ng mga pamilyang nananatiling buo ay yung nagkakapatawaran sila.

Ang pamilya can be likened to a school, or a display window. But when those things don’t work, it must work like a hospital where we treat our imperfections. Mahalaga ang pagpapatawaran. Have pity. Be merciful. Forgive.