The old lady stood pleading
before the judge
“One drop of mercy is all
I ask,”she begged him with folded hands,
“Please give
me back my son."
"He has paid the price a hundred
times over, for his wrong of robbing his neighbour, by being ten years in your prison
now;
You cannot keep him forever
“, she cried,
“He has suffered for the
last ten years and so have we, his family, she sobbed brokenly.
Please I beg you show us
one drop of mercy!” she continued to implore
“The law has to take its own course, the judge
retorted harshly
The price he has to pay
is for life.
You never seem to
understand,” he continued in a rage.
“Throw her out, the
judge commanded, l never wants to see you again!” he thundered down at her
The old woman said
quietly to the judge as she was led away from court
“He has already received
mercy from Adonai, there is no more need for me to beg you again".
13 even
though I used to be a man who blasphemed and persecuted and was arrogant! But I
received mercy because I had acted in unbelief, not understanding what I was
doing. 1 Timothy 1:13Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
The enraged crowd within
the court started shouting for One drop of mercy!
Soon the crowd outside everywhere
started chanting One drop of mercy!
In every village and in
every town One drop of mercy could be heard from all around,
The echo of their voices
soon reached the king’s ears
“What is the uproar in
the city, what’s going on can anyone tell me” he asked in anxiety
“An old lady’s appeal to
the judge has the whole country singing,
One drop of mercy!” An officer
explained ,
“She has been pleading
for the release of her son for many years now, who was caught in a petty theft
10 years ago.
He has been imprisoned
for life.”
“Life imprisonment for a
petty theft, how can that be the case, in my country? The king interrupted and asked,
“Set him free
immediately, no one can undermine my authority,
Bring the judge who
sentenced him for life
From now on he can start
pleading with me for the rest of his life for,
“One Drop of Mercy”.
