Two friends were walking through the desert.
During some point of the journey,
they had an argument and one friend slapped
the other in the face. The one who
got slapped was hurt, but without saying
anything, wrote in the sand:
"Today, my best friend slapped me in the
face"
They kept on walking until they found an
oasis where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped,
got stuck in the mire and started drowing,
but the friend saved him. After he recovered
from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone:
"Today, my best friend saved my life"
The friend who had slapped and saved his
best friend asked him, "After I hurt
you, you wrote in the sand and now you
write on a stone. Why?". The other friend replied "When someone hurts us,
we should writed it down in sand where winds
of forgiveness can erase it away. But,
when someone does something good for
us, we must engrave it in stone where
no wind can ever erase it.".
Learn to write your hurts in the sand and
to carve your benefits in stone.
They say it takes a minute to find a special
person, an hour to appreciate them,
a day to love them, but then an entire
life to forget them. Do not value the things
you have in your life, but value who you
have in your life.
Author: Unknown
Copyright on Devotional
John Mark Ministries
Devotional from Tues. Jan. 3, 2006
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