Frontline

 

Sometimes, even though we are surrounded by friends and family, we can feel so alone, so… abandoned. You might be going through a tough time and it feels like no one’s listening, no one understands.  It’s times like those when we need to remember what God has promised us.

            In Psalm 139 v 7-12 it says;

 “I can never escape from your spirit! I can never get away from your presence!  If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the place of the dead, you are there.  If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.  I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night -- but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are both alike to you.”

 

Even though we may not realize it, even though we may feel so totally alone – God is by our side. We needn’t be afraid of Him leaving us to deal with things by ourselves. Wherever we go, whatever we do, He is standing by our sides ready to offer comfort, love… whatever we need. Whenever I feel alone or abandoned, whenever I feel like no one understands me or is listening to me, I remember the poem that my Grandnan used have on her wall telling about God carrying us through the bad times. It reminds me that I am not alone. It reminds me that although I may not always remember it, God is by my side.

 

Footprints

By Mary Stevenson

 

One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.

In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there was one only.

This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints, so I said to the Lord,

“You promised me Lord,
that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there has only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?”

The Lord replied, “The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you.”