I
got my lists
My
grocery list
My
lists of names
My
guest lists
My
lists of games
But
my favorite list
Is
pretty long
It’s
a list about you
And
all your wrong.
Pensacola Helene
Rite and Rong got married and like
any other couple they had their share of arguments and offenses. Rong began to
notice after a year Rite was keeping a list of his wrongs. One particular thing
on the list was the piece of china her grandmother gave her and Rong had
dropped it one day by accident. In the second year of marriage Rite actually
bought the lists out in the middle of the argument and by that time it was four
pages long.
In year six of marriage, she had
over a chapter and a half of Rong’s wrongs and the china was still on it. Rong
felt pretty bad when he heard all the wrong things he’d done to his wife over
the years, but he couldn’t undo many of them. So he apologized, asked for
forgiveness, tried to improve, and even had the china repaired, but to no
avail. Rite’s list lived on. Even though
Rong apologized for the china and even tried to fix it; Rite felt it was still
broken.
However, by the tenth year of
marriage, Rong started his own list. He couldn’t wait until their next really
big argument. When the day finally came, Rong pulled out his list right along
with Rite’s. Every one of his wrongs Rite quoted from her list; he’d quote one
from his list. This argument went on for a while, but with every word it
changed Rite and Rong into two distance shores. The love they once shared seem
to disappear into their lists of wrongs.
Rite was really impacted by the fact
that Rong was now keeping a list. It felt bad to hear all her wrongs thrown up
in her face like that, but she had done that to Rong for years. Rong had tried
to tell her many times that Love doesn’t
keep a record of wrongs. He even
showed it to her in the bible and she had heard it at church as well. She
missed Rong, but her list had become the ocean between them. How could Rite
have been so wrong and Rong so right?
Rite went to Rong with her list, but
this time she burned it in the fireplace and she asked Rong was he willing to
do the same. Rong shook his head and she looked perplexed. Rong then handed her
his list, there was nothing on it. Rite looked confused. “I couldn’t do it,
Rite. I love you too much and the love I have for you is enough to cover all
your wrongs.”
Rite and Rong lived happily ever
after. They learned that nobody is right all the time and wrong is not meant to
be kept on a list. And when someone breaks your china and apologizes; the china
is still broken. And no matter how carefully they may try to put it back together,
it won’t be perfect. Only God can heal completely and we must always give our
broken china to God to heal.
No matter how hard we try, we mess
up with the ones we love. We do wrong. But don’t start a list or record of that
wrong. Instead, forgive others in the same way you want them to forgive you. Right
and wrong swings both ways in all relationships. Wrong comes along, taps you on
the shoulder and says, “Tag you’re it!!”
Will you be Rite or Rong?
Pensacola Helene
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