blessed are the merciful

Blessed are the merciful,
The ones who give kindness away,
When all around would assert their rights,
You let go that others need not pay.

Though we may not see it so,
Showing mercy lies in the will of those who have,
Who have the rights to yield,
Who have the choice to choose,
The sinners and the wretched.
Casting aside their dignity and honour,
Unmoved by the shame that others cannot see past.

And so we give and surrender,
Not till it hurts but till all is gone,
And the respect and name that we lose,
Is nothing to be mourned or missed.
For our only honour is His own mercy,
In which alone we hope and owe our lives.

Matt. 5: 7

sč
Singapore, October 26th, 2007