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The bridge from mercy to forgiveness

This morning I was reflecting on a chapter in the book of Jeremiah in the Bible. I don't know a lot about it as a book, but I'll give you one for free: It's not much fun to read. It talks a lot about how angry God is at those who have rejected him. The author goes to great lengths to clarify that it isn't some petty, unreasonable tantrum God is throwing. His anger is justified. I was watching an episode of Call the Midwife the other night, and Amelia and I were chatting about a scenario with a woman who had cheated on her husband and given birth to a baby that wasn't his. The husband was incredibly angry and all but demanded that she see the baby to a new home immediately. Obviously, we see this sort of anger and we feel a little bit uncomfortable. Is his anger unreasonable, or justified? In this instance, his marriage vows had been made a mockery of - so perhaps much of his anger was righteous indignation. But when we think of an angry human, we picture a ...