THE NEW FOOTPRINTS II
Now imagine you and the Creator
are walking along the beach together.
For much of the way the Lord's footprints go along steadily,
consistently, rarely varying in the pace.
But your prints are in a disorganized stream of zig zags,
starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures, and
returns.
For much of the way it seems to go like this.
But gradually, your footprints come in line with the Lord's,
soon paralleling Hers consistently.
You and your Creator are walking as true friends.
This seems perfect,
but then an interesting thing happens;
your footprints that once etched the sand next to
the Master's are now walking precisely in the Creator's
steps.
Inside the large footprints is the smaller "sand
print,"
safely enclosed. You both are becoming one;
this goes on for many miles.
But gradually you notice another change. The
footprints inside the larger footprints seem to grow larger.
Eventually they disappear altogether.
There is only one set of footprints.
They have become one;
again this goes on for a long time.
But then something awful happens.
The second set of footprints is back.
This time it seems even worse than before.
Zig zags all over the place.
Stop...start. Deep gashes in the sand.
A veritable mess of prints.
You're amazed and shocked.
But this is the end of your dream.
Now you speak: "I understand the
first scene with the zig zags, fits, starts and so on.
I was new, just learning.
But You walked on through the storm and
helped me learn to walk with You".
"That is correct," replied the Creator.
"Then, when the smaller footprints were inside of
Yours,
I was actually learning to walk in Your steps.
I followed You very closely."
"Very good. You have understood everything so
far."
"Then the smaller footprints grew and
eventually filled in with Yours. I suppose that I
was actually growing so much that
I was becoming more like You in every way."
"Precisely."
"But this is my question, Lord.
Was there a regression of something?
The footprints went back to two,
and this time it was worse than the first."
The Creator smiles, then laughs.
"You didn't know?"
"That was when we danced."
~Author Unknown~