I've made a lot of mistakes this year. I've done a lot of trying to rationalize them. We tend to love to see "instant karma" applied to wicked people. But "instant karma" for oneself is also a pretty sweet gift from God, if you're willing to look at it that way. (Better justice this life that leads to self-knowledge and repentance than justice in the next which only manifests in despair.) One of the greatest gifts Jesus has given me in the year of mercy is a two-sided mirror: one side with which to see myself at my most merciless, the other with which to see myself deeply dependent on His mercy. Both sides teach me a lot about being a more merciful man.
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