SAND AND STONE

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 SAND AND STONE

Ephesians 4:32 KJV

[32] And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.


We will be looking at a few stories from now as the end of year is fast approaching and I pray it ministers to us.  

Two friends were walking through the desert. They had an argument and one of the friends slapped the other in the face. But the one who got slapped didn’t say anything but wrote in the sand, “TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME.” 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, he wrote on a stone, “MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.” The friend asked him, when I slapped you, you wrote it on the sand, now that I saved you, you wrote on the stone, why? The other friend replied, “When someone hurts you, write it on the sand where wind of forgiveness can blow it away. But when someone does good things for you, engrave it on a stone where no wind can ever erase it. A lot happens to us all the time, good or bad, however we need to be careful the memory we keep. Some memories are weight that slow us down or hinder us, while others are sprints that project us forward. Guard your heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life. As this year begins to wrap up, let us show love, be kind one to another and be tenderhearted. Let us also forgive those who have hurt us as God for Christ’s sake forgave us. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from us, with all malice so that we can allow God move heavily in our lives. There’s greatness ahead of us. We will have reasons to rejoice in rejoice in Jesus name. Shalom.


Folake Olukoyede 

Comments

  1. Unknown25 November 2020 at 02:06

    Great piece ma

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  2. Unknown25 November 2020 at 04:01

    Truly forgiveness may be tough on some occurrence,but His grace is sufficient to see us forgive others.Lord help me always

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  3. Unknown25 November 2020 at 04:54

    Amazing piece. I just had an encounter with a friend a few minutes ago and this story changed everything for good. Keep up the good work sis. You are blessed.

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  4. Unknown25 November 2020 at 05:46

    This is great.The holy spirit will always direct us on what to do at a particular time.

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  5. Hembe FRANCESCA26 November 2020 at 10:23

    It's nice to know that we have to forgive one another despise all odds even when it seems difficult to forget............thank you ma! The LORD is our strength.

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  6. Rachel,26 November 2020 at 14:43

    Thank you Mummy,
    May God Almighty give us the spirit of forgiveness as Esau the brother of Jacob over look what Jacob has done to him..
    All will be well with our soul IJN.

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  7. Unknown30 November 2020 at 05:16

    May our good Lord help us .Well done Pastor

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