Psalm 112

"They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright;
they are gracious, merciful, and righteous."
Psalm 112: 4

The psalmist says that those who fear the Lord have these characteristics: "they are gracious, merciful, and righteous." As I read this passage the thought crossed my mind. 'Does this describe me?' If I was brought up on charges of exhibiting these things what would people bring as examples? I would hope that there might be at least one or two examples that someone could pull together because I'm sure that most of us, if not all of us, have at least one or two times that we have shown these things in our lives. But that is not the first thing that I see in my life, I see all those times when I have fallen short of living this way, of being this example that the psalmist lifts up as the way of the righteous.
It is good that Christ offers us mercy and grace because I for one need to keep getting up in the morning and praying that one day I might be a light for others.