# “Meditate on mercy” by Charles Spurgeon

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“The mercy of God.”—**Psalm 52:8**

“Meditate a little on this mercy of the Lord. It is _tender_ mercy. With gentle,
loving touch, He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He is
as gracious in the manner of His mercy as in the matter of it.

It is _great_ mercy. There is nothing little in God; His mercy is like Himself—it
is infinite. You cannot measure it. His mercy is so great that it forgives great
sins to great sinners, after great lengths of time, and then gives great favours
and great privileges, and raises us up to great enjoyments in the great heaven of
the great God.

It is _undeserved_ mercy, as indeed all true mercy must be, for deserved mercy is
only a misnomer for justice. There was no right on the sinner’s part to the kind
consideration of the Most High; had the rebel been doomed at once to eternal fire
he would have richly merited the doom, and if delivered from wrath, sovereign love
alone has found a cause, for there was none in the sinner himself.

It is _rich_ mercy. Some things are great, but have little efficacy in them, but
this mercy is a cordial to your drooping spirits; a golden ointment to your bleeding
wounds; a heavenly bandage to your broken bones; a royal chariot for your weary 
feet; a bosom of love for your trembling heart.

It is _manifold_ mercy. As Bunyan says, ‘All the flowers in God’s garden are double.’
There is no single mercy. You may think you have but one mercy, but you shall find
it to be a whole cluster of mercies.

It is _abounding_ mercy. Millions have received it, yet far from its being exhausted;
it is as fresh, as full, and as free as ever.

It is _unfailing_ mercy. It will never leave thee. If mercy be thy friend, mercy
will be with thee in temptation to keep thee from yielding. Mercy will be with thee
in trouble to prevent thee from sinking.

Mercy will be with thee living to be the light and life of thy countenance. And 
mercy will be with thee dying to be the joy of thy soul when earthly comfort is 
ebbing fast.”

–Charles Spurgeon, “August 17 –  Morning” in [_Morning and Evening_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1433598663?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Geanies House, Fearn, Scotland, UK: Christian Focus, 1994),  482.

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