MY FOOTPRINTS

Judge Me by the Footprints I Leave Behind

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. “Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve got a favor to ask. I have a friend I’d like to bring with me.” “Sure,” they replied, “we’d love to meet him.” “There’s something you should know the son continued, “he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mined and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us.” “I’m sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live.” “No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us.” “Son,” said the father, “you don’t know what you’re asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can’t let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He’ll find a way to live on his own.” At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn’t know, their son had only one arm and one leg. The parents in this story are like many of us. =====================

We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don’t like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather stay away from people who aren’t as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. Thankfully, there’s someone who won’t treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.Tonight, before you tuck yourself in for the night, say a little prayer that God will give you the strength you need to accept people as they are, and to help us all be more understanding of those who are different from us!!! There’s a miracle called -Friendship- that dwells in the heart. You don’t know how it happens or when it gets started. But you know the special lift It always brings and you realize that Friendship Is God’s most precious gift! Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us.

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Ah, we are especially grateful for our love sofa this afternoon.. We were both "tuckered out!" He was called back in to work last night around 9:30 and didn't make it home until 1:35 (~.~) So naturally we kicked back on the love sofa and rested a little while.. He was tired enough that he brought one of my favorites home (on his way from work) for supper... LOL, I was tired enough that I ran over after work and got us a roast beef for supper for tonight so we could rest! HA.. Go figure.. LOL, (as they said in an old western that we watched) "If I live to be 300" ... ANYHOW, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR EACH OTHER.. OUR WONDERFUL FAMILY.. AND OUR OLE LOVE SOFA.. SIMPLE AS IT IS.. IT BRINGS US LOTS OF JOY.. LOL

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PRAYING FOR JAKE, AND HIS SEVERE HEALTH ISSUES!  AND FOR FRANCES AS WELL.. (as wives, we feel our husbands pain, his fear, his worries...and we fear with and for them, as well as put forth so much extra effort and draining strength during their illness) WE LOVE BOTH OF YOU AND YOU ARE BOTH CONSTANTLY IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.  YOU KNOW , WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH.. HE WILL CARRY US!

                                    Elvis - Only Believe (lyrics see in more info) - YouTube

                                         YouTube - God of the Mountain - Lynda Randle

PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOURS TONIGHT AND NIGHTLY..  PRAYING FOR EVAN AND ALL THE CHILDREN WITH EB, CANCER AND EVERY OTHER DREADFUL DISEASES.. AND THEIR FAMILIES...PRAYING FOR EVERYONE WITH NASTY OLE CANCER.. SUCH A DREADFUL THING.. GOD COMFORT, HEAL AND BLESS EACH AND GRANT INNER PEACE TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS.. PRAYING FOR EVERYONE NEEDING A JOB AND (OR) THE WANT AND WILL TO WORK!  PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY AND GOD'S GUIDANCE UPON IT.. PRAYING FOR ALL OF OUR SOLDIERS AND THEIR SAFE AND QUICK RETURN HOME AND THEIR PEACE OF MINDS AND SOULS AND THAT OF THEIR FAMILIES.. PRAYING FOR ALL THE "UNSPOKEN REQUEST, AND NEEDS" .. (and asking that you'll pray with us about ours) AND THANKING GOD FOR ALL HIS GOODNESS, HIS LOVE, GRACE, MERCIES, GUIDANCE, AND BLESSINGS.. THANK YOU GOD IN ALL THINGS IN JESUS HOLY NAME, AMEN..           YouTube - O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing