Post by Brother Ben on Sept 22, 2009 7:48:57 GMT -5
I came in today and one of my co-workers shared this devotional with me. It was a blessing so I thought I'd pass it along.
.............begin................
Written in sand and stone
Two friends were walking through the desert. At some point
during the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other on the face.
The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying a word,
he wrote in the sand :
“ Today my best friend slapped me on the face".
They continued walking until they came to an oasis, where
they stopped for water. The one who had been slapped
got stuck in the mire and started to drown, but his friend
saved him.
After he had recovered from the ordeal, he wrote on a stone :
“ Today my best friend save my life".
The friend who had slapped the saved him, asked :
“After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand.
But now, you write on a stone. Why ?"
The other replied : “ When some hurts us, we should write it
down in sand, where the winds of forgiveness can erase the
hurt away. But when someone does something good for us,
we must engrave it in stone where it will be long remembered."
Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your
blessing in stone.
2Cr 2:7 So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
.............begin................
Written in sand and stone
Two friends were walking through the desert. At some point
during the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other on the face.
The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying a word,
he wrote in the sand :
“ Today my best friend slapped me on the face".
They continued walking until they came to an oasis, where
they stopped for water. The one who had been slapped
got stuck in the mire and started to drown, but his friend
saved him.
After he had recovered from the ordeal, he wrote on a stone :
“ Today my best friend save my life".
The friend who had slapped the saved him, asked :
“After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand.
But now, you write on a stone. Why ?"
The other replied : “ When some hurts us, we should write it
down in sand, where the winds of forgiveness can erase the
hurt away. But when someone does something good for us,
we must engrave it in stone where it will be long remembered."
Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your
blessing in stone.
2Cr 2:7 So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
