Children Loved - Ask, Seek, and Knock for Jesus!

off guard at the end...What a blessing JUST READ IT!

FOOTPRINTS...A New Version

Imagine you and the Lord Jesus are walking down the road

together. For much of the way, the Lord's footprints go along

steadily, consistently, rarely varying the pace..

But your footprints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts,

stops, turnarounds, circles, departures, and returns.

For much of the way, it seems to go like this, but gradually your

footprints come more in line with the Lord's, soon paralleling

His consistently. You and Jesus are walking as true friends!

This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens:

Your footprints that once etched the sand next to Jesus'

are now walking precisely in His steps.

Inside His larger footprints are your smaller ones, you and

Jesus are becoming one.

This goes on for many miles, but gradually you notice an-

other change. The footprints inside the large footprints

seem to grow larger. Eventually they disappear altogether.

There is only one set of footprints they have become one.

This goes on for a long time, but suddenly the second set

of footprints is back. This time it seems even worse!

Zigzags all over the place. Stops. Starts. Gashes in the

sand. A variable mess of prints.

You are amazed and shocked.

Your dream ends. Now you pray:

"Lord, I understand the first scene, with zigzags and fits.

I was a new Christian; I was just learning. But You walked

on through the storm and helped me learn to walk with You."

"That is correct." "And when the smaller footprints were

inside of Yours, I was actually learning to walk in Your steps,

following You very closely."

"Very good.. You have understood everything so far."

When the smaller footprints grew and filled in Yours, I

suppose that I was becoming like You in every way."

"Precisely."

"So, Lord, was there a regression or something? The foot-

prints separated, and this time it was worse than at first."

There is a pause as the Lord answers, with a smile in His

voice. "You didn't know? It was then that we danced!"

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose

under heaven: A time to weep, a time to laugh, A time to

mourn, and a time to dance.

Ecclesiastes 3:1,4.

Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail

and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending

messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about

sharing. Funny isn't it? Are you laughing? Are you thinking?

Spread the Word and give thanks to the Lord for He is good!

Funny isn't it, when you go to forward this message, how

many on your list are not receiving it because you're not sure

they believe in anything? ....Sad. It's not WHAT you have in

your life, but Whom you have in your life that

counts.... Think about that.

I ASKED GOD

I asked for a flower,

He gave me a garden.

I asked for a tree,

He gave me a forest.

I asked for a river,

He gave me an ocean.

I asked for a friend,

He gave me "YOU."

Send this to whomever you think of as

a friend..... I did.