FOOTPRINTS IN THE RAIN
Now imagine you and the Lord Jesus are walking along the beach in the rain together.
For much of the way the Lord's footprints go along steadily,
consistently, rarely varying in the pace.
But your prints are in a disorganized stream of zig zags, starts, stops,
turnarounds, circles, departures, and returns.
Deeper in places, much lighter in others.
For much of the way it seems to go like this.
But gradually, your footprints come in line with the Lord's;
soon paralleling His consistently.
You and Jesus are walking as true friends.
Splashing in the rain as you go, laughing and talking.
This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens;
your footprints that once etched the wet sand next to the Master's are now walking precisely in His steps.
Inside His large footprints is the smaller "sand prints,"
safely enclosed.
You and Jesus are becoming one; this goes on for many miles.
But gradually you notice another change.
The footprints inside the larger footprints seem to grow larger.
Eventually it disappears altogether.
There is only one set of footprints.
They have become one deeper set in the wet sand;
again this goes on for a long time.
But then something awful happens.
The second set of footprints is back.
This time it seems even worse than before.
Zig zags all over the place.
Stop... start.... Deep gashes in the wet sand.
A veritable mess of prints.
You're amazed and shocked.
But this is the end of your dream.
Now you speak, "Lord, I understand the first scene with the zig zags,
fits, starts, and so on.
I was a new Christian, just learning.
But You walked on through the storm and helped me learn to walk with You."
"That is correct," replied the Lord.
"Then, when the smaller footprints were inside of Yours,
I was actually learning to walk in Your steps.
I followed You very closely."
"Very good. You have understood everything so far."
Then the smaller footprints grew and eventually filled in with Yours.
I suppose that I was actually growing so much that I was becoming
more like You in every way."
"Precisely."
"But this is my question, Lord. Was there a regression of something?
The footprints went back to two, and this time it was worse than the first."
The Lord smiles, then laughs. "You didn't know?" He says.
"That was when we danced in the rain My child."
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SOMETIMES, HE CALMS THE STORM...
AND
SOMETIMES, HE CALMS THE CHILD..
THIS PRECIOUS CHILD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DANCING IN THE RAIN, OR THUNDER AND LIGHTENING..
BUT SHE'S SO AWESOME,
I JUST HAD TO SHARE IT~~
SPECIAL PRAYER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WITH "UNSPOKEN PRAYER REQUEST"
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SOMETIMES (I know for a fact that you just don't know how to pray, or afraid to pray for certain things, for whatever reason) BUT GOD HAS EVEN THAT COVERED FOR US!
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For much of the way the Lord's footprints go along steadily,
consistently, rarely varying in the pace.
But your prints are in a disorganized stream of zig zags, starts, stops,
turnarounds, circles, departures, and returns.
For much of the way it seems to go like this.
This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens;
your footprints that once etched the wet sand next to the Master's are now walking precisely in His steps.
Inside His large footprints is the smaller "sand prints,"
safely enclosed.You and Jesus are becoming one; this goes on for many miles.
But gradually you notice another change.
The footprints inside the larger footprints seem to grow larger.
Eventually it disappears altogether.
There is only one set of footprints.
They have become one deeper set in the wet sand;
But then something awful happens.
Romans 8:26-27(NIV)
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
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