This is a picture of my dog niece Sierra. She loves walks outside and even on the beach. When I saw the footprints in the sand, I was reminded of the wonders of God. His beauty upon this earth and how he cares for each of us. Our animals become our family and they enjoy the beauty of outside too. They also leave footprints in the sand and in our hearts!
This reminded me of a poem I read:
Footprints in the Sand
Footprints in the Sand, a beautiful poem!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."
MY THOUGHTS ~ Sparkie
God never leaves us or forsakes us. Each of us will walk different paths of life and yet are connected through his holy power. There is an inside story of lives that not everybody knows about. It's that personal relationship between you and God. It is those things you never tell one living person but you speak to God. The secrets kept between the two of you and yet he hold you faithful when you just can't take another step. Life has a way of sending us heavy moments and needing to take the deep breathe. It also has moments of true happiness and everything in life is fantastic.
Change can happen suddenly and we need to know where our faith rest. We might not understanding it all or the why of it, but we certainly can trust beyond measure with God. There were moments I was so upset with him and I didn't know what my dad died when I was 18 years old with a heart attack or when I was 32 my brother died on Christmas Day with cancer. Then I watched my mom of die of old age as her body started shutting down. I now realize in those times of life, God carried me through it all. I know there is a time for all things now. The pain of it all doesn't go away, but I learned to a new normal and learn to trust without measure with God.
I'm not sure what you face today, good, bad or a mixture of both, but God is there for you. I care and I pray daily for the readers of my blog, your family and friends. I do this because I care and I know that God cares for you too. Let him bring peace into the middle of your heart as you face a new day. It becomes time to count blessings through it all and know that he walks with us daily.
~ Sparkie
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