Footsteps in the sand

'Make his paths straight,/ for he guides our feet into the way of peace.'

 Mark 1:3, Luke 1:79

One night I dreamed a dream.

As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.

Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.

For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,

One belonging to me and one to my Lord.

After the last scene of my life flashed before me,

I looked back at the footprints in the sand.

I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,

especially at the very lowest and saddest times,

there was only one set of footprints.

This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it. 

"Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,

You'd walk with me all the way.

But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,

there was only one set of footprints.

I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."

He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you

Never, ever, during your trials and testings.

When you saw only one set of footprints,

It was then that I carried you."

FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND 

Have there been times in your life where you have wondered where the other set of foot prints were? 

When you felt abandoned... alone... afraid...

It was at these times when he carried you. Carried you like a babe and your fears like a cross. 

He did this to give you peace. To straighten the path so you would experience it. 

Experience Him.

He does not leave us. Even when you try to push him away, he stays by your side.

 

When we struggle the most and cannot move another step he carries us. 

Often we do not even feel his fatherly hands but he is there.

He is consistent. 

He was with you. 

He is with you.

He will always be with you.