Take Time to Live

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Apr/09
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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, 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 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 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.” LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.

© Author Unknown

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. Send this phrase to the people you’ll never forget and remember to send it also to the person who sent it to you. It’s a short message to let them know that you’ll never forget them. If you don’t send it to anyone, it means you’re in a hurry and that you’ve forgotten your friends. Take the time to live!!!

“May the Lord of peace himself give you His peace no matter what happens. The Lord be with you all.” 2 Thessalonians 3:16



Music © Tom Moir

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  1. haifaa
    1:45 pm on April 27th, 2009

    sooooooo true,hope evry human being can do it…

  2. ann
    2:08 pm on April 27th, 2009

    this poem touched my heart….ty …..a friend loveth at all times..yet we let hurtful things interfere…..this poem says it all….

  3. hanny..
    2:16 pm on April 27th, 2009

    Its good to have a faithful friend,and can do it for the other friend…

    MAKING 100 FRIENDS A YEAR IS NOT AN ACHIEVEMENT,

    AN ACHIEVEMENT IS TO MAKE A FRIEND FOR 100 YEARS…

  4. Love
    4:02 pm on April 27th, 2009

    Very true and powerful message…it makes life more special…always there for each other. A friend forever one and only…Love

  5. Linda
    8:48 am on April 28th, 2009

    This is highly inspirational. Thanks and GOD bless you

  6. mercy
    1:58 am on April 29th, 2009

    this is trueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  7. mawuenam
    4:25 am on May 4th, 2009

    Life will be easy for us if we follow this powerful message.THANKS GOD BLESS YOU

  8. Grace N. Ogbonna
    7:45 am on May 12th, 2009

    This has made me change some pains in my heart by a friend I loved so much but who hurt me badly, now I have removed the pain entirely from my heart, and replaced with the goods she did. This is very inspirational and a philosophical great contributor. Thanks a million for making me better christian today. Hurts do weigh down but forgiving lightens the spirit and brings the God in us to forefront.

  9. maureen kalani
    7:43 am on May 20th, 2009

    this is so true,the past will never determine our future.yaliyo pita si ndwele tugange yajayo.

  10. Michael
    2:30 am on May 21st, 2009

    Too sweet for words captured alot there keep it up.

  11. Daniel T
    12:28 pm on August 31st, 2009

    Take time to live for the Lord each day and no matter what happens the Lord will pull us through it.

  12. A
    3:02 am on September 1st, 2009

    It is easy to have 100 friends but difficult to have a ‘True Friend’
    A ‘True Friend’ loves at all times and walks in when the rest has walked out.

  13. oluwaseun olalekan
    8:11 am on September 2nd, 2009

    like this.

  14. sharon says:
    9:50 pm on September 4th, 2009

    This is a great story to help us undestand the importance of forgiving those that hurt us. thank you for sharing.

  15. mariles lim
    9:35 am on September 5th, 2009

    True friends rarely to be find. If ever you found one, treasure it deeply in your heart. Honest and sincere friends are those who walked with you in plain and rough roads.

  16. emmanuel
    10:33 am on September 9th, 2009

    i was touched by this poem in a special way because i forgave a friend over a wrong did and started to feel i was stupid but this poem made me see things in a different way. forgiveness has no price and measure but brings peace and satisfaction to the heart. learn to forgive whith all your heart.

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