"But how can we write our hurts in sand?" you may ask. The answer lies in the word "forgiveness." And we must remember where forgiveness starts. It starts with God. It comes first of all to us from God in Jesus. That's what "The Jesus Story" is all about! God could write our sins, failures, faults, and shortcomings in granite - and hold them against us for eternity. But Jesus died so that the strikes against us might be washed away as easily as writings in the sand where the waves pour over and quickly erase. Acknowledging God's forgiveness of us is the only answer to being able to forgive others. And that's the gospel truth!

Do these words come to mind? "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." That's one of the main requests we make almost daily of our Father in Heaven. This is exactly what that means!

I love this little story about sand or stone. I am glad and blessed to be reminded about this great truth as it applies to my life. I pray you'll be glad and blessed as it applies to your life, too!