Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

1917 KARMA 293
would crush him to death, would not run and rescue his
child? Who could imagine a parent saying, "Well, he has
get the law of gravity in motion. now let him take the
consequences." Yet there are those who have this conception
of God-one who sets laws in motion irrespective
of consequences.
Paul called God, "The Father of all mercies and the
God of all comfort."
We love to think of our heavenly
Father as a God of mercy, for who does not crave mercy
when they have erred?
God's
If all were able to obey all of
laws then there would be no need of mercy, for
mercy comes in to fill upa gap.
treatment of the one who has erred.
It is compassionate
Who is there who
when he has gone astray does not like to have mercy extended
to him?
"For mercy, encouraging thought,
Gives even affliction a grace,
And reconciles man to his lot."
One good way-God's way-to break up bad karma is
to be merciful to others who are suffering from their bad
karma. "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain
mercy." In Luke x. 37 Christ commands mercy.
That God intervenes between his children and their
karma as a kind and loving Father is a very helpful
thought, this thought helps man to grow in faith and
love, and any thing that helps him to grow in these two
virtues is good; for without these, man becomes a mere
machine, reaping and sowing karma.
What wonderful promises God has given. thruout the
Bible to those who look to him in love, not to those who
who have not made any mistakes, not to those who have
sowed nothing but good karma; for, "A bruised reed
shall he not break, and the dimly burning flax shall he
not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory."
Matt. xii. 20.)