   
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 the set 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 once I decided to follow you, you 'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troubled times of my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why you would leave me when I needed you most."
The Lord replied,"My child. My 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, it was then that I carried you."
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~Footprints of my Life~
 Over the weekend, I chanced upon a verse which really convicted me... I have always been a person who was quick to judge and criticise others who were doing things that I felt were not right. Though I never went to the extent of cursing anyone who offended me, I was equally bad in the eyes of God... "If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing." 1 Cor 13:2 That verse just shot me point blank in the face. Simply said, even if I have the most intelligent brains in the world and even if I trust God a lot but if I have no love for the people around me, I am NOTHING! And the people around me includes those who are unlovely, those who are different from me, those who are difficult. And when I judge and criticise others, that is not love. I then realised that I had been entertaining a spirit of criticism in my soul for far too long a time. I recognised that I had become unmerciful and critical because I was not shown mercy from my life's circumstances when I was growing up. Life had not been easy for me. But now I know how much mercy God has shown upon me and because He has been merciful towards me, I should be merciful towards others as well. After all, who am I to judge? Only Jesus is fit to judge but he did not even do that and came to save instead. What the world needs now is really more love and respect for each other, not judgement or criticism. MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 9:57 PM
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