{"id":322,"date":"2008-07-07T09:45:39","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T09:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2008\/07\/footprints-in-the-sand-for-lis.html"},"modified":"2008-07-07T09:45:39","modified_gmt":"2008-07-07T09:45:39","slug":"footprints-in-the-sand-for-lis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2008\/07\/footprints-in-the-sand-for-lis.html","title":{"rendered":"Footprints in the Sand"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I used to have a “Footprints” plaque in the bedroom of my childhood house. Or maybe it was in the kitchen. I love the message of “Footprints”, even if it’s not sophisticated theology. It brings me much comfort because I believe God to be a loving, empathetic, involved God. Now that I’m on the other side of the Black Hole–no longer cursing the Creator and accusing Him of abandonment–I can see that He never left me that year and a half of hell. In fact, He was carrying me. Here’s the whole piece:<\/p>\n

Footprints in the Sand<\/a>“
\nBy Author Unknown<\/p>\n

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand.<\/p>\n

He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints.<\/p>\n

He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.<\/p>\n

This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it:<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

To read more Beyond Blue, go to www.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue<\/a>, and to get to Group Beyond Blue, a support group at Beliefnet Community, click here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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