"Now imagine you and the Lord Jesus walking down the road together. For much
For much of the way it seems to go like this. But gradually, your footprints
This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens: your footprints
This goes on for many miles. But gradually you notice another change. The
Again, this goes on for a long time. But then something awful happens. The
You're amazed and shocked. But this is the end of your dream. Now you speak.
'That is correct.'
'Yes, and when the smaller footprints were inside of Yours, I was actually
'Very good. You have understood everything so far.'
'Then the smaller footprints grew and eventually filled in with Yours. I
'Precisely.'
'But this is my question. Lord.. Was there a regression or something? The
The Lord smiles, then laughs. 'You don't see?' He says. 'That was when we
of the way, the Lord's footprints go along steadily, consistently, rarely
varying the pace. But your prints are a disorganized stream of zigzags,
starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures and returns.
come more in line with the Lord's, soon paralleling His consistently. You and
Jesus are walking as true friends.
that once etched the sand next to the Master's are now walking precisely in
His steps. Inside His larger footprints is the small 'sandprint', safely
enclosed. You and Jesus are becoming one.
footprint inside the larger footprint seems to grow larger. Eventually it
disappears altogether. There is only one set of footprints. They have become
one.
second set of footprints is back. And this time it seems even worse. Zigzags
all over the place. Stops. Starts. Deep gashes in the sand. A veritable mess
of prints.
'Lord, I understand the first scene with the zigzags and fits and starts and
so on. I was a new Christian, just learning. But You walked on through the
storm and helped me learn to walk with you.'
learning to walk in Your steps. I followed You very closely.'
suppose that I was actually growing so much that I was becoming like you in
every way.'
footprints went back to two, and this time it was worse than the first.'
skanked' together!'"
