FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND

Came across this Footprint in the sand poem and would like to share it with us.

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.”

- by Margaret Fishback Powers

When we walk, there are usually two sets of footprints but just one set is visible to us and that is ours; the invisible set is The Lord’s. For every step we take, He takes with us. It gets to a point in our lives where there is just one set of footprints, this is during times of difficulties.
In these times, in your lowest and saddest times, it usually seems like God is not there but be assured that He is always there. The only set of footprints in the sand is His as He carries you in His arms through the difficult times. For He will never leave nor forsake you (Deuteronomy 31:6).

He walks with us and helps us understand where we are going, He walks with us when we are all alone. He is always there when your heart is filled with sorrow and despair, He carries you when you need a friend. Just when you think you have lost your way, He gives you strength to carry on.

Some Bible verses supporting this are:

Matthew 11:28 ~ “Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

Deuteronomy 1:31 ~ “and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”

Psalm 55:22 ~ Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.

I pray this post encourages us and gives us the assurance that He is always there, taking every step with us.

 

A song I listen to that also reminds me that He is always there is "Footprints in the sand by Leona Lewis". We could download the song.

Remain blessed and I love you.

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