TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING THROUGH THE DESERT.
DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE 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 DROWNING. BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.
AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM BEING NEARLY DROWNED, HE WROTE ON A STONE: “TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.”
THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND ASKED, “AFTER I HURT YOU, YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW,
YOU WRITE ON A STONE. WHY?”
THE FRIEND REPLIED, “WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US, WE SHOULD WRITE I T DOWN IN THE SAND, WHERE WINDS OF FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY. BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING GOOD FOR US, WE MUST ENGRAVE IT ON A STONE WHERE NO WIND CAN EVER ERASE IT. LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN
THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS ON A STONE. THEY SAY IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON; AN HOUR HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM; A DAY TO LOVE THEM; BUT THEN
AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM.”
P.S.
I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENETH ME. (Philippians 4:13)
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it. Happy moments, praise God. Difficult moments, seek God. Quiet moments, worship God. Painful moments, trust God. Every moment, thank GOD.
C. J. Mesina, CA
