May God give us the grace to write hurts in sand and blessings in stone.

For all hurts we may have carved in stone may He in his mercy and grace wipe out all traces of hurt and bitterness, heal us and free us to forgive as we desire him to forgive us. May his agape prevail deep in our hearts.

A story tells that 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, he wrote in the sand:

"TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE"

The friend, who had slapped and saved his best friend, asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now, you carve on a stone, why?

The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand, where the 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 BLESSINGS IN STONE. (GRACE)

(Charlotte Lee is one of the sisters on the Hearts for Christ Ministry Team with a beautiful gift for intercessory prayer. We have been fortunate to have Charlotte since summer of 2002.)