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If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink….

Proverbs 25:21

Many times when I need help, it is not the people who I have helped that come to my rescue, but someone else.  I think that is because the way God works is that He sends us where we are needed for help and to give help. 

Sometimes where we are needed is not where we expect to be.  When I was in high school there was a girl who picked on me.  My friends told me I did not need to try to be friends with her and that I should stay away from her and I did.  Years later I ran into her and she was distressed.  She was going through a difficult time getting divorced, going back to work and taking care of four children. 

The natural woman would have said, “You got what you deserved.”  But the natural woman was gone and the new woman in Christ was in charge.  I talked with her about how capable she was and assured her she was a good student in school and that she would master her new job and juggling child care in no time at all.  I also said I would pray for her.  She felt better.

I few years later I ran into her again and she told me how everything worked out.  Her kids were doing alright, she settled into her job, remarried and had a new baby.  She was going fine.

God calls us to do the right thing and to treat people right regardless how we have been treated by them. 

Be merciful.