Forgiveness & Memory

There is a story about two friends who
were walking through the desert.
Halfway through the journey they had an
 argument and one friend slapped
the other in the face.

The one who was slapped felt hurt,
but without saying anything he 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 began to
drown and his friend saved him.
When he recovered from the ordeal,
he wrote on a stone:
"Today my best friend saved my life."

His friend asked him, "Why, after I hurt you,
did you write in the sand and
now you write on a stone?"

The man, smiling, replied: "When a friend hurts
us, we should write it down in the sand,
 where the winds of forgiveness can erase it away.
 And when something great happens,
 we should engrave it on the stone of
 the memory of our heart,
where no wind can erase it."

Don't we all wish that the wind would
blow away all of our hasty words?
 
~ ~ ~ Author Unknown ~ ~ ~

Psalms 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil,
and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalm 130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee,
that thou mayest be feared.
Proverbs 18:24 A man that hath friends must
 shew himself friendly: and there is a friend
that sticketh closer than a brother.
 Psalms 51:10 Create in me a clean heart,
O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Matthew 6:15 But if ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will your
Father forgive your trespasses.

Have a blessed day!