Those who do not put their trust in man alone, but in one who is almighty, have no right to despair. To despair is to lose faith; to despair is to forget god without god we can do nothing in this frightful chaos of human misery. But with god we can do all things, and in the faith that he has made in his image all the children of men we face even this hideous wreckage of humanity with a cheerful confidence that if we are but faithful to out own high calling he will not fail to open up a way of deliverance.
William Booth.

Footprints

One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many secnes from my life flased across the sky. In each secne I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there were one set of footprints.

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 have only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, you have not been there for me?'

The Lord replied, 'The times when you have seen only one set of footprints in the sand, is when I carried you.'
(Mary Stevenson)

'Walk a little slower daddy,' said a child so small. 'I'm following in your footsteps and I don't want to fall.

Sometimes your steps arre very fast, somtimes they're hard to see; so walk a little slower, daddy, for you are leading me.

Someday when I'm all grown up, you're what I want to be; then I will have a little child who will want to follow me.

And I would want to lead just right, and know that I was true; so walk a litte slower daddy, for I must follow you'.