Forbearing one another

“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.” Colossians 3:13

We tend to hold on to the negative experiences and forget the positive so easily. Forgiveness allows us to see through God’s lens so that we can move forward. 

Two friends were walking in the desert. They had very little water left. Soon they started to argue over who would get the last few sips. In the heat of their fight, one friend slapped the other in the face. The friend who was slapped felt hurt. But he said nothing. He wrote in the sand with a twig, ‘Today, my best friend slapped me in the face.’

They soon came across an oasis. The two friends dove into the water. Suddenly, the friend, who had been slapped earlier, started drowning. His friend swam to his 
rescue. When he recovered he carved on a stone, ‘Today, my best friend saved my life.’

The other friend asked, ‘When I slapped you, you wrote it in the sand. But when I saved you, you wrote it in stone. Why is that?’

The friend replied, ‘When someone hurts you, write it in sand. Where the winds of forgiveness can erase it. But when something is done for us, out of love, engrave it in stone. Where the winds of forgetfulness cannot erase it.’

Let go of all the negative energy. 

Taken from: https://www.touchonelife.org/the-sands-of-forgiveness/

GiGi❤️