Count it All Joy

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. Hosea 6:6

These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts; Zechariah 8:16

for the LORD will take up their case and will exact life for life. Proverbs 22:23

And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. 2 John 1:6

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Luke 6:35

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 1 John 4:18.

Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. Proverbs 12:25

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8

The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; Lamentations 3:25