Looking back . . . .thank God!

Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ (Isaiah 41:10)

Let's think back to challenges we have had to face over the years. For students, it may be making it through middle school or finally seeing graduation in the very near future after four years of struggles. For adults and parents it may be wondering how we ever raised our teenagers to be young adults: how did they make it through?

We all have faced challenges in life no matter our age and yet here we are today! We made it. Looking back, can we just take a minute to thank God?

Read this familiar poem once again and carefully look back . . .

One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my 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 at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.

This really 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 will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."

Here it is in song: https://youtu.be/dCsZNalcaXM?si=FeYqZiibLucB-EZ1