Have a nice day. God bless you
in all that you do....Your friend, David FOOTPINTS
IN THE
SAND....
ONE NIGHT A MAN HAD A DREAM.
HE DREAMED HE WAS WALKING ALONG THE
BEACH WITH THE LORD.
ACCROSS 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 OF HIS LIFE FLASHED
BEFORE HIM, HE LOOKED BACK AT THE
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND.
HE NOTICED THAT MANY TIMES ALONG THE
PATH OF HIS LIFE THERE WAS ONLY ONE SET
OF FOOTPRINTS.
HE ALSO NOTICED THAT HAPPENED AT THE
VERY LOWEST AND SADDEST TIMES IN HIS LIFE.
THIS REALLY BOTHERED HIM AND HE QUESTIONED
THE LORD ABOUT IT.
"LORD, YOU SAID THAT 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 MOST YOU WOULD LEAVE ME."
THE LORD REPLIED, "MY PRECIOUS, 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 IN THE SAND
IT WAS THEN THAT I CARRIED YOU."
STORMS BRING OUT THE EAGLES
BUT THE LITTLE BIRDS TAKE COVER...
by HELEN STEINER RICE...
WHEN THE "STORMS OF LIFE"
GATHER DARKLY AHEAD,
I THINK OF THESE WONDERFUL WORDS
I ONCE READ
AND I SAY TO MYSELF
AS "THREATING CLOUDS" HOVER
DON'T "FOLD UP YOUR WINGS"
AND "RUN FOR COVER"
BUT LIKE THE EAGLE
"SPREAD WIDE YOUR WINGS"
AND "SOAR FAR ABOVE"
THE TROUBLES LIFE BRINGS
FOR THE EAGLE KNOWS
THAT THE HIGHER HE FLIES
THE MORE TRANQUIL AND BRIGHTER
BECOME THE SKIES...
AND THERE IS NOTHING IN LIFE
GOD EVER ASKS US TO BEAR
THAT WE CAN'T SOAR ABOVE
"ON THE WINGS OF PRAYER,"
AND LOOKING BACK OVER
THE "STORM YOU PASSED THROUGH"
YOU'LL FIND YOU GAINED STRENGTH
AND NEW COURAGE, TOO,
FOR IN FACING "LIFES STORMS"
WITH AN EAGLE'S WINGS
YOU CAN FLY FAR ABOVE
EARTH'S SMALL, PETTY THINGS.
...THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD
SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH, THEY SHALL
MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES...
ISAIAH 40:31
WHEN THINGS GO WRONG AS THEY SOMETIMES WILL, WHEN THE ROAD YOU'RE TRUDGING SEEMS ALL UP HILL, WHEN THE FUNDS ARE LOW, AND THE DEPTS ARE HIGH, AND YOU WANT TO SMILE, BUT YOU HAVE TO SIGH, WHEN CARE IS PRESSING YOU DOWN A BIT, REST IF YOU MUST, BUT DON'T YOU QUIT.
LIFE IS ODD WITH ITS TWISTS AND TURNS, AS EVERYONE OF US SOMETIMES LEARNS AND MANY A FAILURE TURNS ABOUT, WHEN HE MIGHT HAVE WON HAD HE STUCK IT OUT. DONT GIVE UP THOUGH THE PACE SEEMS SLOW, YOU MAY SUCCEED WITH ANOTHER BLOW.
SUCCESS IS FAILURE TURNED INSIDE OUT, THE SILVER TINT OF THE CLOUDS OF DOUBT, AND YOU NEVER CAN TELL HOW CLOSE YOU ARE. IT MAY BE NEAR WHEN IT SEEMS SO FAR. SO STICK TO THE FIGHT WHEN YOU'RE HARDEST HIT. IT'S WHEN THINGS SEEM WORST THAT YOU MUST NOT QUIT.
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