✨ What Mercy Does

 

✨ What Mercy Does

by Pia Hjorth

🕊️ Introduction

There are moments when words arrive like healing rain—soft, steady, and full of grace. What Mercy Does is one such offering. This poem came from a place of reflection, where pain met compassion, and where the divine whispered gently into the broken places. I wrote it as a prayer, a promise, and a reminder: mercy is not distant. It draws near.

📜 The Poem

✨ What Mercy Does

by Pia Hjorth

Mercy doesn’t count the cost —

It pays it, full and free.

It doesn’t ask if you deserve,

It says, “Come back to Me.”

Mercy covers shame with linen light,

It speaks when guilt would shout.

It holds your hand through darkest night,

And never casts you out.

Mercy rebuilds what fear destroyed,

It plants where sorrow grew.

It doesn’t flinch at ruined things —

It makes all things new.

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🌿 Reflection

Each stanza speaks to a truth I’ve wrestled with and returned to: that mercy is not earned, but given. It doesn’t wait for perfection. It steps into the mess, the grief, the guilt—and stays. I’ve seen it in relationships that survived the storm, in quiet moments of forgiveness, and in the way grace rebuilds what fear once tore down.

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💬 Invitation

If this poem speaks to you, I’d love to hear how mercy has shown up in your life. Whether through faith, friendship, or unexpected kindness, your story matters. Feel free to comment below or share this post with someone who might need a reminder that they are not cast out—they are being called back in.

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🌠 Closing Blessing

May mercy walk with you today.

May it kneel beside your brokenness,

Sing you a softer tune,

And make all things new.

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