I wrote in yesterday’s devotion that we are but tiny footprints next to Jesus’. I love the poem “Footprints In the Sand” and feel yesterday led to its introduction today. Enjoy!
One night I dreamed a dream; I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flash scenes from my life. From each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, One belonging to me and one to the 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 the very lowest and saddest times, there was only one set of footprints.
This 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 I will never leave you never, ever, during your trials and tests. When you saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.” Author Unknown
There have been and will be times to come in my life that I will know there are only one set of footprints. Be blessed by this as whatever test or trial you are facing today, look up and ask him to walk beside you and show you the right path, or look up and ask him to carry you for a while; in your weakness, he is more than enough!
Thank you for walking with me. 🥰
Sunshine On My Shoulder 