From scienceclarified.com:
The Earth’s crust, the surface layer of the planet, is not solid and unbroken. The forces that rage inside the planet have fractured this brittle layer. Some of these fractures, called faults, lie beneath the surface of the crust. Other faults, however, have ruptured the surface, cracking the crust into various-sized blocks of rock. These blocks dip and rise along faults in response to pressure underground.
Movement of crustal blocks along faults may be regular and slow or sporadic and sudden. When two blocks are forced to move against each other but are locked into position, stress builds up. When that stress becomes greater than the forces holding the blocks together, the blocks are forced to move suddenly and violently. The ground vibrations accompanying that release of energy are better known as an earthquake.
From God’s Word:
Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends. – Proverbs 17:9.
With Proverbs 17:9 in mind, allow me to rewrite the article from scienceclarified.com:
Human beings are not solid and unbroken. The forces that rage inside people have fractured their brittle layers. Some of these fractures, called faults, lie beneath the surface of people. Other faults, however, have ruptured the surface, cracking people into various-sized blocks of pain. These blocks dip and rise along faults in response to pressure underground.
Movement of blocks along faults may be regular and slow or sporadic and sudden. When two blocks are forced to move against each other but are locked into position, stress builds up. When that stress becomes greater than the forces holding the blocks together, the blocks are forced to move suddenly and violently. The disasters accompanying that release of energy are better known as relational earthquakes.
Who among us is without a fault or two? Which of us have not had some of our pain rupture the surface? Has any one of us not caused a relational earthquake?
Whose fault are you dwelling on? Which person’s pain has in turn inflicted pain on you? Who do you need to forgive? Why are you waiting?
Who have you caused an earthquake with? Who have you inflicted pain upon? Who do you need to ask forgiveness from? Why are you waiting?
Call them, write them or have lunch with them. Allow love to prosper instead of pain.
