The law of the harvest is that what we send out comes back to us. If we are merciful, compassionate, tolerant, and patient with the foibles or weaknesses of others, then that merciful treatment will be given us, too.
President Gordon B. Hinckley encouraged: “Let us be more merciful. Let us get the arrogance out of our lives, the conceit, the egotism. Let us be more compassionate, gentler, filled with forbearance and patience and a greater measure of respect one for another. In so doing, our very example will cause others to be more merciful, and we shall have greater claim upon the mercy of God who in His love will be generous toward us.”29