Eileen,
I feel for you,this Spiritual journey in which we take every day as we walk with the Lord can be very trying and lonely.But,truth be told I would not have it any other way
. We all can rest assured that our Father is doing the dragging,
not ones own intentions.All is of God the Father and eventually,
all will be healed. Even though at times we wish all our loved ones could be at a Spiritual awakening at the same moment,our all knowing and powerful Father has His own plans
, which we as believers and non believers alike
will follow.
Sometimes when I'm lonely I think of this poem and remember who and what we are in our time of need.
One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was walking along
the beach with god.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene, he noticed
two sets of footprints in the sand,
one belonging to him and the other to god.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened at the
very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This bothered him and he questioned god about it.
"God, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life there is
only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when I needed you most
you would leave me."
God replied "My precious, precious child,
I love you and would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints in the sand,
it was then that I carried you."
Ken Brown
Peace... Mark