Day 7: Your Double Blessing

Psalm 6:9, Genesis 15:1–6, Matthew 5:44–47, 6:5-14. 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 IYou are blessed when you receive mercy and you are blessed when you are merciful to others