What does God's mercy sound like when you need it most — not theologically, but personally? Present tense. Real in the specific ruins of a very specific season.

This episode has been three months in the making. Not because I was planning something big — but because life didn't stop long enough for me to sit down and record. Bronchitis that put me in bed for a few weeks incluing an ER visit. A women's retreat I almost couldn't attend. A layoff. A miracle. And in the middle of all of it, almost 19 hours of original ambient worship music being built track by track, passage by passage, out of intercession.

The most personal of those projects is Rachamim | The Mercy Project. Twenty-seven tracks. Nine movements. One unbroken thread of God's chesed and rachamim — His covenant love and womb-mercy — traced through Scripture from Romans to Revelation.

Rachamim is the Hebrew word for the womb-love of God. The mercy that holds you before you know you need holding. That sustains you in the dark before you are aware of being sustained. I went looking for it in Scripture because I needed to know it was real. Not on the other side of the hard season. In the middle of it.

In This Episode:

- Romans 5:8 — the agape that was already moving toward you

before you knew you needed it, before you were even looking for it

- Lamentations 3:22-24 — Jeremiah in the ruins making the

yet, declaring hesed and rachamim from inside the ash heap of

Jerusalem

- Revelation 22 — the third garden, the river running

crystal clear from the throne of the Lamb, the Spirit and the Bride

saying Come to everyone still thirsty

- Discover the three gardens of Scripture — Eden, Gethsemane, and

Revelation 22 — and the river that connects them all

- Understand why the water of life is offered freely — and what that

freedom actually cost

Listen to Rachamim | The Mercy Project:

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The Spirit and the Bride say Come.

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This episode contains original ambient worship music created by Lyric

and Letter Studios using Suno AI. All music is original to this

ministry. No third-party copyrighted material is featured in this

episode.

Grace and peace to you all. I wanted to share a brief update regarding the podcast. Due to a persistent illness that has kept me away from the microphone for the last two months, I am taking some necessary time to rest and recover.

While the podcast is temporarily on pause, I invite you to visit the YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/@lyricandletterstudio where you can find previous studies and ambient worship to sit with in the meantime.

Thank you so much for your patience and for your continued prayers as I heal. I look forward to being back with you in the Word very soon.

Welcome back to Part 2 of our journey through the Beatitudes. In our last session, we looked at the "Emptying"—the vertical work God does in our hearts as we recognize our spiritual poverty and hunger for Him. Today, we move into the "Overflow."

Join Rebecca as we walk through the final four Beatitudes in Matthew 5:7–10, discovering how a heart filled with Christ naturally spills out into the world. We transition from the internal to the horizontal, exploring what it means to be an active agent of God’s Kingdom in our relationships and our communities. From the "loyal love" of mercy to the "tunnel vision" of a pure heart, we dive deep into the Greek and Hebrew roots of these verses to see how they practically transform our daily walk.

In this episode:

• The Overflow: Moving from vertical need to horizontal action—how the life of God spills out onto those around us.

• The Merciful: Unpacking eleēmōn and the five dimensions of Hesed (Relational, Transformative, Radical, Societal, and Internal).

• Pure in Heart: Understanding katharos—a heart healed of chaos and singularly focused on Jesus, modeled by the Bleeding Woman and Mary Magdalene.

• The Peacemakers: Distinguishing between passive "peace-keeping" and active "peace-making" through the lens of Acts 15 and the life of Father Theodore Hesburgh.

• The Persecuted: Finding the "family resemblance" when we are hunted for righteousness' sake, using Daniel as our witness of faithfulness in a hostile culture.

Companion Resource:To help you slow down and truly meditate on these truths, I’ve created a Devotional Supplement for this episode. It includes the scriptures, Greek word studies, and reflection questions to guide your "Selah" moments this week. Download HERE.

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