A TRIBUTE TO MARGARET HAMMOND / GiftsOfLove ActsOfMercy

This is the 4^th of 7 devotions with the theme 
from 1 Corinthians 13:4 and Galatians 5:22

"Love Is Kind and

“The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Gentleness"

A TRIBUTE TO MARGARET HAMMOND
(Adapted from John 3:16; Romans 8:12; Deut 24:19-22; Ruth 2; 1 Cor 13:4; Galatians 5:22 )

I have known Margaret Hammond since I was ten years old. She has always taken troubled and needy kids and teens into her home, especially single mothers. She fed them and gave them a home and she led each one of them to the Lord. All of these individuals are still serving God and several are even preaching the gospel. I also remember several years later, the Lord blessed her with the purchase of one of the oldest and largest historical houses in her town. She is still able to accommodate children, teenagers and young adults even today in that house.

Scripture says, “Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.” Jesus is saying that those who are especially gifted with mercy and develop and act on that gift will themselves obtain mercy. We all know people like Margret Hammond who seem to possess a special gift of mercy. Yet, we should all have a lifestyle of mercy to some degree. Scripture says, 

"Let mercy and kindness and truth not forsake you. 

Bind them about your neck 

and write them upon the tables of your heart."

Father, thank you for Margaret Hammond who has exampled acts of mercy to so many. Thank you for teaching me, through watching her life, about mercy. Thank you for the ultimate act or mercy You showed when You allowed mercy to bear the cross. You acted out mercy by so loving the world that You gave Your son. I am a recipient of that mercy. Help me to extend mercy to others the same way I have seen mercy and experienced your mercy. 

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Authored by Kent Cooley

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GIFTS OF LOVE (ACTS OF MERCY)

(Adapted from Romans 12:8; 1 Cor 13:4; Galatians 5:22)

Verse

That saintly sister always took them in,

Troubled children and single mothers

She fed and clothed them

And she gave them shelter

And she led them to the Savior

Chorus

Gifts of love given to each severally

Gifts of love given to each one

Gifts of love given to each one of us

Thank you for the gifts of love

Bridge

Where I am weak, someone else is strong

And I am strong where someone else is weak

I will affirm them, I won’t criticize them

I will thank God for their gift of love

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