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b'Three items: one dress, one skirt, one jumpsuit. These were the pieces I\\nwanted to sell at a consignment shop. If they sold, the store owner would\\nearn a profit, and I would also walk away with some cash.\\n.\\nI located a consignment store and arranged to sell my items there. Then I\\ncalled the store once a week to check if they had sold. Each time, I\\nlearned they hadn\\u2019t. After a few weeks, nobody answered my calls. I finally\\nspoke to the manager, who I\\u2019ll call \\u201cIris,\\u201d and she informed me that she\\nhad decided to cut back on store hours because profits were low. I didn\\u2019t\\nunderstand but agreed to contact Iris later about whether the clothes had\\nbeen purchased.\\n.\\nAfter a couple more weeks, I passed by the shopping center, only to\\ndiscover that the store was shut down and completely bare. I don\\u2019t know\\nwhat happened to the clothes I tried to sell, but I never saw them again. I\\nwas frustrated and didn\\u2019t know how to fix the problem. Though I might have\\nwanted to make Iris pay for what she\\u2019d done, I also wanted to consider how\\nGod would have me approach the situation.\\n.\\nHaving a relationship with God is possible through Jesus. He died and rose\\nagain so that we could be forgiven from all our sins. I had put my faith in\\nJesus, and that meant He had something to say about my mindset in these\\ncircumstances. Jesus taught His followers to be merciful and to pray for\\nthose who mistreat us, as God is merciful to us even though we all do wrong\\nagainst Him. As His children, we have been set free to forgive others and\\nlet offenses go because God has forgiven us, and we can trust Him to carry\\nout perfect justice. In the end, I chose to let those pieces of clothing\\ngo, acknowledging that God was still good even in this loss.\\n.\\nAs God\\u2019s children, we can trust Him to show us His kindness even when\\npeople mistreat us. As we follow our merciful Savior, He helps us be\\nmerciful to others. \\u2022 Allison Wilson Lee\\n.\\n\\u2022How could remembering that God has shown us mercy make it easier for us to\\nshow mercy to others? Consider taking a moment to pray for someone who has\\nwronged you.\\n.\\n\\u2022 In certain situations, it\\u2019s important to pursue justice (the righting of\\nwrongs), especially when someone has been hurt. If you\\u2019ve experienced an\\ninjustice, who is a trusted adult you could talk to?\\n.\\n\\u201cBe merciful, just as your Father is merciful.\\u201d Luke 6:36 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nLuke.6.27-Luke.6.36'