“What is the difference between mercy, grace, and compassion?”

These three virtues are very similar and oftentimes go together, but they each have their own unique concepts. Let’s take a deeper dive into each of them. Mercy withholds punishment even when it is deserved. It’s saying, “You deserve ___ but I won’t give it to you.”  And who else has shown us this attribute any better than Jesus Himself…

“I’m trying to become more like Christ, but I feel like I’m losing my own identity. How can I be more like Jesus, but still be me?” Maybe you’ve felt this way before. It’s pretty obvious looking at creation that God loves variety. Even within mankind, there are as many differences as there are people. Even so-called identical twins have subtle genetic differences between them. So, if you feel like you are losing your personal identity as you follow Christ, perhaps you’re trying to be something that God never intended you to be…