JOSHUA TIME 312

This new version of the "footprints" story really caught me 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 graduallyyour footprints come more in linewith the Lord's, soon parallelingHis consistently. You and Jesus are walking astrue friends! This seems perfect, butthen an interesting thing happens:Your footprints that once etched the sand next to Jesus' are nowwalking precisely in His steps. Inside His larger footprintsare your smaller ones, you andJesus are becoming one. This goes on for many miles, but gradually you noticeanother change. The footprintsinside the large footprints seem to grow larger. Eventually they disappearaltogether. There is only one setof footprints. They have becomeone. 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 footprints 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 aseason, a time for every purposeunder heaven: A time to weep, atime to laugh, a time to mourn, anda time to dance. Ecclesiastes 3:1,4. Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, butwhen you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny isn't it?Are you laughing? Are youthinking? Spread the Word andgive thanks to the Lord for He isgood! 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.