Busted relationships

Just in talking and in normal everyday living I noticed once again how important a forgiving attitude is. We are human and all it takes is a little discomfort, like a rainstorm, for a raised voice or a facial expression and a wrong word can be said. In any relationship that forgiving attitude is needed. Between husband and wife, parent and child, sibling against sibling, friend against friend. I noted yesterday, just in kidding around a wrong word can be said, and feelings can be hurt. It is an everyday possibility, we are human, we get tired. It can happen between neighbor and neighbor, or church member against church member. But O, that forgiving attitude, how far it can go to keep relationships strong. It is needed in every relationship. It is a core value of life. A forgiving attitude, a forgiving spirit is so needed today. It doesn't minimize the hurts that are caused by the careless word or action. Those are real, they hurt, sometimes minor sometimes major, but they are real. I just have to look at myself to see how easy it is to say the wrong word, to be in the wrong attitude. God is the only one I know of that can help us to develop that forgiving attitude. He is the master at it, look at all he forgives. He is our example, just think of all he has forgiven us. We need to be like him, it is forgotten, thrown away as far as the east is from the west. Relationships don't need to be busted, it just takes a forgiving attitude to start the healing process.  God bless, LVZ.