mercy

"...mercy triumphs over judgment." James 2:13

Mercy glories against / exults over / is arrogant toward judgment.

A woman caught in the very act of adultery was drug into court. She was, beyond a doubt, guilty as charged. The law had been given. It was carved in stone: "When he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, he gave Moses two tablets of Testimony, slabs of stone, written with the finger of God." Ex. 31:18.
She stood alone in the midst of her accusers, surrounded by judgment. Among their scornful faces was one that was different. The only one in the crowd who could judge righteously. The face of mercy.

"But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground." (John 8:6)
We're never told what Jesus wrote.

Doesn't it stand to reason that when mercy is declared, it too is written by the finger of God?

judgment condemns, mercy sets free

judgment puffs up, mercy brings humility

judgment holds some good cards,

but mercy plays the trump card on every hand

Mercy wins every time.

Lord, let Your mercy triumph over my judgment, too.