Sand & Stone

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. 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   FRIEND    REPLIED 'WHEN    SOMEONE    HURTS    US
WE    SHOULD     WRITE    I T    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.

JESUS said, “I no longer call you servants; I call you FRIENDS.”


TAKE    THE    TIME    TO    LIVE!