Gift of Mercy

Do any of you know what kind of spiritual gift you have? We studied this in Bible Study a couple months ago and I learned I have the gift of mercy. Here is what it says about this gift. (Do you have it as well?)

The Motivational Gift of compassion, or Mercy, is the ability to show great love, and
deep feeling, toward the needs of others, it is the “outward manifestation of empathy.”
The guidelines for this gift of compassion, or mercy, spoken of in Romans 12:15, are:
   1. To weep with, and
    2. To rejoice with

THE CHARACTERISTIC OF ONE WITH THE GIFT OF COMPASSION, OR MERCY

1. HE HAS A TREMENDOUS CAPACITY OF SHOW LOVE
Of all the Motivational Gifts, the gift of Compassion, or Mercy is the one that
gives one the greatest capacity, and ability, to show love to others. Reflecting the
nature of his heavenly Father, the person motivated by “the Gift of Compassion”
seems to be an unending source of “agape” love, and, the more opportunity he has to
give this love, the more joyful, and fulfilled, he is.
2. HE IS TYPICALLY CHEERFUL AND JOYFUL
The person with the Motivational Gift of Compassion / Mercy is a positive
person. The Amplified Bible tells us that when one shows mercy and compassion he is
to do so “with, genuine cheerfulness and joyful eagerness” (Romans 12:8), and
because the compassionate person loves showing love he, in fact, can do it with
“genuine cheerfulness” and “joyful eagerness.” Motivational Gift - Compassion 2
3. HE IS MOTIVATED TO HELP PEOPLE HAVE RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS 
    WITH ONE ANOTHER
Because the compassionate / merciful person grieves over broken relationships,
he is a natural builder of bridges, a mender of breaches, a “peacemaker.” He works to
bring about Jesus’ prayer in John 17, desiring to see the Body of Christ united, and
functioning, in love.
4. HE DOES OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE PREFERENCE, OR PLACE, TO 
    OTHERS
The person with this Gift of Compassion / Mercy is the one who will give up
his own interests to help others, let others step in live in front of him, give others the
best seat, or wait patiently for others.
5. HE IS CAREFUL WITH HIS WORDS AND ACTIONS IN ORDER TO AVOID 
    HURTING OTHERS
Because the last thing a compassionate, merciful, person wants is to be the
cause of hurt to another person he will be extremely careful in his actions, and speech,
in order to keep from hurting others.
6. HE IS DEEPLY LOYAL TO FRIENDS
A person with the gift of compassion / mercy demonstrates loyalty to a friend
to the extent that he will even react harshly toward those who attack his friends. When
the Apostle John, with the gift of compassion/mercy, watched the Samaritans reject
Jesus, whom he love he wanted to call down fire from heaven to consume them (See
Luke 9:54).
7. HE IS TRUSTWORTHY, THEREFORE, TRUSTING
Because the compassionate, merciful, person is trustworthy, he expects others to
be also, that is why he assumes that everyone is honest and reliable until absolutely
proven otherwise. He can be so trusting, in fact, that he may tend to be gullible.
8. HE AVOIDS CONFLICTS AND CONFRONTATIONS
The person with the gift of compassion/mercy longs, and will do anything, for
peace and harmony, that is why he finds it difficult to cope with conflict.
9. HE ALWAYS LOOKS FOR THE GOOD IN PEOPLE
Because the compassionate, merciful, person is non-critical not only does his
focus remain on the good, both real and potential, in others, but he also seems to have
built-in blinders that keep him from seeing the bad in others.
10. HE HAS A NEED FOR DEEP FRIENDSHIPS
The very nature of a person with the Motivational Gift of Compassion/Mercy
requires close friendships, friendships where there are mutual commitments and
constant reaffirmations. John enjoyed such a friendship with Jesus. He was not only
closer to Christ than more of the other disciples, but he referred to himself as “the
disciple whom Jesus loved” (See John 13:23; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7 and 20).
-info from http://www.netbiblestudy.com/00_cartimages/Compassion.pdf