Footprints

One night a man had a dream.

He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord.

Scenes from his life flashed across the sky
and he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
one belonging to him and the other to the Lord.

When the last scene of his life had flashed before him,
he recalled that at the lowest and saddest times of his life
there was only one set of footprints.

Dismayed, he asked, "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you'd walk with me all the way.
I don't understand why, when I needed you most,
you would leave me."

The Lord replied, "My precious child.
I love you and I would never leave you.

During your times of trial and suffering
when you saw only one set of footprints...

That was when I carried you."


sábado, 19 de septiembre de 2009

JEREMIAH

JEREMIAH 29:11-13
Jeremiah 29:11
“For I KNOW the plans I have for you,” declares The Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Maybe you have heard about this verse, or maybe not. But it will be Good anyway!...:D
Many of us have to be reminded of this many times! We forget what it means and forget how it can really help us! We worry so much about the future and it says in Matthew 6:34 not to worry about tomorrow because tomorrow will worry about itself! Many times we doubt on making decisions we know we have to make and know what the answer is. We doubt if God is going to give us a problem we cannot handle, something to hurt us, or even just to bother us, but he will never do that, he does it to strengthen our souls, and help us react toward life.
We doubt by asking ourselves: “why God why me? Why did you choose me?!!” but he has the perfect plan for our life, our WHOLE life. He knows us more than we know ourselves,
more than we will ever know. And at the end of it we do realize it, but remember the “end” for us will ALWAYS be just the “beginning” for Him. We then realize He has done it to show us how to be stronger, to be able to love Him more, to show us who we are and what we can do under any circumstances with the love and help he gives us. He does it for us to be able to be opened to his unconditional and redeeming love and to show it to us!
We also get inpatient. He doesn’t only have the perfect plans, but the perfect timing. Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, “To everything there is a season. A TIME for every purpose under heaven.”
(Isaiah 43) And he will ALWAYS walk with us. He will be standing right by our sides day by day through ups and downs waiting for us to seek for him and not to do things on our own! No matter what difficulties we are facing, He will walk through them with us. No matter how intense the situation, we won’t be forever destroyed. Because we are SPECIAL to God, He will always watch over us!!
Life is going to be hard! No one ever said life would be easy through the correct path, but it will lead us to eternity and to perfectness!! In that path we go through so many ups and downs, hard, joyful and frustrating times, but we will have a reward! The reward of being with our Creator, our Father and most importantly our SAVIOR!
People will reject you, they will hate you and laugh at you but whoever stands firm till the end will be saved!...(Matthew 10:22)

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