GreenTea

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 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 it 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 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."


written by Mary Stevenson

Phinneas

Amen.


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Arura

Thanks for that reminder, i love poetry. Im not a christian as such but,when i went to re-hab they had that poem on the wall.

I could'nt pass by n not read it. Its made me smile n cry...x

Thanks, i'll print that off...x

mygirls_mylife

That brings tears to my eyes every time. Thanks.
Star

mertyl

green tea, i cant believe how far you have come and how positive you are. its great. thanks for the reminder and stay where you are. Alot of people would give anything to be in your state of mind.

god bless
mertyl

Sobriety1st

I love that poem "Foot Prints" and i actually was given as a gift the book behind that poem, and it is an awesome read..

rayofsunshine

Thank you for posting this. It's one of my favorite poems.
Isn't it such peace knowing we're not alone in times
of trouble and struggles? (I'm married to AH)

Sobriety1st

ok, i give what does AH mean, i have come up with many different things it could mean, but i doubt i am right..

mertyl

oooh, i know, i know!!! i just learned this the other day!! alcoholic husband.

Sobriety1st

Thank you Mertyl, that was my assumption, but wasn't sure, glad you let me know... i use to go to a site where they had a list of the lingo, is there one here? I know most of them, but not all, and i am out to learn..thanks..BTW..i love your spirit, you are great..

mertyl

thank you. i dont think there is a list of lingo but if you go back a few threads we were all yacking about different lingo. I will go to that thread and post a comment so it gets closer to the top and you can see it. have a great day.

Sobriety1st

just was there, i was laughing at all that, what a way to start the day..hagd..

mertyl

u 2

GreenTea

"...green tea, i cant believe how far you have come and how positive you are. its great. thanks for the reminder and stay where you are. Alot of people would give anything to be in your state of mind..."

Thanks for the encouragement. I have my moments. Meetings help. Or maybe I'm just faking it.

This past weekend was pretty rough -- I guess I remembered why I used to drink so much. It wasn't pretty, but I stayed sober, prayed a lot, and tried not to bleed on too many people. I expect things will get worse as the court date gets closer.

Anyway... "Footprints" helped and I thought I'd share it. It is soooo true.

Thanks!

angelgirl

Love it!! Thanks for sharing!!

Thank God that he does carry us when we can't carry ourselves..

I have been carried alot..

Prayers my friend,

Becky