with us always

struggling....

trying *so* hard to rely on this...

{{he didn't say the road would be easy, but he said he'd be with us the entire way}}

what more could we ever, ever ask for??

seriously.  

*remember this*

and if you really need more....

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 hardest periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints.

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 times when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, those are when I carried you.”

he is with us.

always.

the God of the universe is right beside us, holding our hands.  

and when we trip and fall, 

he picks us up and carries us

until we can find the strength to walk again.

if only we could remember that every time we lost our way...

he is with us.

always.

we are blessed.