"I'm Carrying You"

So, most of the posts that write are more pictures than words, but I figured I'd share some thoughts. During the winter, when things are so beautiful, with the freshly fallen snow and the feeling that life has slowed down, your mind just becomes more contemplative. Well, I've had a lot to contemplate lately. I wanted to share one specific moment.
Lately, when people have asked me, "How are you doing?" I tend to reply with, "Life is moving, and I'm moving with it." That's really how I've felt lately. I'm moving, but I don't feel like I'm doing much to make that movement happen. I'm kind of going through the motions, as they say. It was hard for me to see God around me. I tried to look, to find Him. I knew He was there, because God is always there, but I just couldn't see Him. I didn't really understand why I felt like that until I was writing to God the other day in my journal, and I wrote this:

"I just feel like I'm being carried through life, like I can step outside of myself and see me living life. I guess that means that you must be the One carrying me. :) Maybe that's why I can't see you in front of me, you're below me. "

I hope this can encourage you during tough times. It has certainly given me peace that I never thought I could have a time like this. All of this reminded me of the famous poem, "Footprints." I've included it below for those of you that don't know it.

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed
he was walking along the beach with the LORD.
Across the 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 the LORD.

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 really bothered him and he
questioned the LORD about it:

"LORD, 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."

The LORD replied:

"My son, my precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."

written by Mary Stevenson