Daily Chizuk #1447

One of the ways that a person can receive an abundance of mercy from Hashem is by emulating His character traits. One of the middot of Hashem is called מי קל כמוך. The Tomer Devorah explains, this is referring to Hashem's attribute of having mercy on people despite the fact that they sin against Him. The pasuk says, ואתה מחיה את כולם - Hashem actively gives life to every living creature. A person cannot live without Hashem saying so. The way of the world is if someone gives another person a gift and that person uses the gift against the giver, the giver will most probably never give that person a gift again. And if he was able to, he would take back what he had already given.
Hashem on the other hand, gives a person the gift of life and even while the person uses that gift to sin against Him, Hashem continues giving him the gift.
A person should never say emulating Hashem is too hard. Because when Hashem created man, He blew a piece of Himself into him. We all have that same piece of Hashem inside of us. That neshama tehorah is capable of being like Hashem, and if we tap into it, we could accomplish amazing things. The next time we are tested in this area, we should stop ourselves from reacting with the animalistic part of us and instead follow what the Hashem part of us really wants to do.