Footprints

FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND

Proverbs 3:5-6
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and
He shall direct thy paths.

One night a man had a dream,
He dreamed he was walking along
the beach with the LORD.
Across the sky flashed
scenes from his life.

For each scene he noticed
two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to him and
the other to the LORD.

When the last scene flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He notice many times in his life there was
only one set of footprints.

He also noticed that it happened to be at
the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and
he questioned the LORD about it.

"LORD, you said once I decided to follow You,
You'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life,
there is only ONE set of footprints.
I don't understand why
when I needed You the most
You would leave me."

The LORD replied:
"My son, my precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
When you see only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."

Author - Mary Stevenson Zangare

This poem holds special significance for me. Like the author, I too, have found that as I look back over my life, I realize just how much my LORD has been there carrying me through troubled times. In fact, the harder, the more difficult my valleys have been, the more the LORD has proven Himself to me. I just can't thank and praise Him enough for all He has seen me through. There were times I was sure I wasn't going to make it, but by His grace and goodness I have, and as I look back now I realize those times of troubles were for my Christian growth. Even if I could change things I wouldn't!

THANK YOU LORD JESUS!