You will never walk alone

Footprints in the Sand

One night I dreamed a dream.

As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.

Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.

For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,

One belonging to me and one to my Lord.

After the last scene of my life flashed before me,

I looked back at the footprints in the sand.

I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,

especially at the very lowest and saddest times,

there was only one set of footprints.

This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it. 

"Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,

You'd walk with me all the way.

But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,

there was only one set of footprints.

I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."

He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you

Never, ever, during your trials and testings.

When you saw only one set of footprints,

It was then that I carried you."

- by Mary Stevenson

That poem is one of my absolute favorite poems and it has been my comfort through a lot of hard times. We all have those days, weeks, and/or months where we feel like we are completely alone and in my mind that is one of the darkest and worst feelings we could ever have. Here's the hard truth; People are going to fail us at some point and it's not a matter of IF but WHEN and the other hard truth, we're going to fail others around us at some point too. We live in a world full of imperfect humans who make mistakes and to expect perfection from ourselves and others is only setting ourselves up for failure. Here's the good news; God will NEVER fail us, He will never let us down, He will never stop loving you, and He will never leave your side, especially in those dark days.

I've had days where I felt utterly and completely helpless. I thought the World was against me and if I were to disappear no one would even care. Now obviously that wasn't true, I have amazing friends and family that stand with me but in the moment I was believing Satan's lies and he was loving that. He didn't win though because there was one small thing he forgot. In my darkest loneliest time, God was still there and I finally did what I should have done a very long time ago. I fell to my knees and begged him to come, begged him to hold me and not let me go, and the amazing thing is... He did. God was there just like he always is and He held me. He let me cry and he cried with me. He showed me his love and his promises when I finally opened my bible and He reminded me that He alone was in control and He had a perfect plan. He carried me since I was too exhausted to walk.

God isn't ever going anywhere, He's always right by your side even on those dark nights when you can barely see him. Even when you try to push him away He's still right there waiting for you to realize how much you need him again. You are loved, and cherished, and valued and on those days that you forget that open your Bible and let God show you all over again.

Thank you so much for reading this and all of the encouragement y'all give me!! I hope you have a blessed day!!

Katelyn