I’d prefer to say the gift of “mercy” is the gift of compassion, as mercy can have other connotations that are encouraged of all for those whom deserve forbearance (forgiveness of punishment for an actual wrong done to the offended person).
A Mercy does indeed have a VERY strong compassion component, but there’s a lot more to it than just having the quality of mercy. It’s sort of like a Christian-based personality profile, and “Mercy” is just the name of one of the profiles. For example, I sure don’t consider myself a prophet in the biblical sense, even though that’s my profile.
I had never heard of these “gift ID categories” until recently, BTW, but it has truly been of SO much value to my wife and me. And that’s really surprising because I’m historically resistant to any kind of “profiling” and anything that even might be considered “psychobabble.” But when I read the description of a Mercy, it’s like I’m reading a tailor-made description of my wife, which I find amazing.
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