Day 7: Your Double Blessing

Psalm 6:1-10, Genesis 14:1-16:16, Matthew 5:43-6:24. William Shakespeare captured something of the wonder of mercy in Portia’s speech in *The Merchant of Venice*:‘The quality of mercy is not strain’d,It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath: it is *twice blest*;It blesseth him that gives and him that takes '**Act IV Scene I**You are blessed when you receive mercy and you are blessed when you are merciful to others