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 nearly drowning, he wrote on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life.”

His 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 write 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.”

So real forgiveness keeps on leaving the sins of others and our hurts in the past. Yet Jesus understands the difficulty of such forgiveness. To keep on forgiving is a God-like characteristic. It is contrary to human nature, which often seeks retribution.

Peter came up and said to Jesus, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I need to forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seven times seventy.”  Matthew 18:21-22

Thanks to Stephen Felker for sharing. 

When have YOU forgiven another person and left their sin and YOUR hurt in the past?

TO FALL IN LOVE WITH JESUS IS THE GREATEST ROMANCE THERE IS ON EARTH!!

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