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Devotional for Tuesday, September 27, 2016
“We Never Walk Alone”
 
 
footprints in the sand Nov2014
 
by Dona Hake
 
 
 
Have you ever walked through a very hard time in your life, and after you came to the end of it you wondered how you ever got through it.   As for myself I can recount  times in my life that without the help of my Lord I would never have been able to get through them.   Oh what a caring Heavenly Father we have for He has promised that He would never leave us.   Today I want to share this poem to cause you to reflect upon His unfailing love and work in your life.   This is an old poem and it continues to minister peace and strength to the weary heart, and it reminds us that He never leaves us.
 
 
 
 
 
Footprints in the Sand
 
“One night I had a dream…
I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord, and
Across the sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand;
One belonged to me, and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of my life flashed before us,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that many times along the path of my life,
There was only one set of footprints.
I also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in my life
This really bothered me, and I questioned the Lord about it.
“Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
You would 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 in times when I
needed you the most, you should leave me.
The Lord replied, “My precious, precious
child. I love you, and I would never,
never leave you during your times of
trial and suffering.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you.”
 
Author Anonymous
 
 
 
 I praise God for those times in my life that He carried me through hardships that I had no more strength to walk.   Many times when I see people walk through things without Jesus my heart goes out to them because I know it must be so horrible to feel so alone and weak and no one to turn to because they have not allowed Him to be Lord of their life. When one decides that they have no need for God they surely have a rough road ahead of them.  Their life truly does reflect that they only have one set of footprints but those footprints represent them doing life in their own ability.
 
 
 
Let us reflect on times in our lives where we felt there was no more strength yet somehow we carried on and we just knew it was a supernatural strength. God is so good and so faithful. Let us praise Him for the wonderful works of His mighty hand in our lives.