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Tui's drawing of mercy is not quite what you might expect. Here we see a grumpy faced boy standing with a happy faced girl. Maybe he's mad at the girl. Maybe she did something that hurt his feelings.
But what does that have to do with mercy?
Because no two people are alike, conflicts are likely to happen. Whether you mean to or not, you are bound to hurt someone along the way. No matter if you are the nicest person in the world, somebody somewhere is bound to dislike you and might even consider you their enemy.
So how should you act toward someone who is your enemy? In the Bible, Jesus said, "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you..." (Matthew 5:44) That means that even if someone is mean to you, unkind to you, or hateful toward you, you should still show God's love toward him.
When we show God's love and mercy toward others, it goes beyond hatred and stereotypes. It is not simply loving those that love us. True mercy will even reach out to embrace our enemies.