   
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~
 God loves us unconditionally. Even when you are feeling unloved by the people around you, it doesn't change the fact that God loves you. That was the message I took home after today's sermon. After being a Christian for about 2 years, I have to admit that I do take this fact for granted and this reminder was indeed timely. I have always struggled with feeling unloved. My father never really spent much time with me and my mother, though I knew loved me very much and was very protective of me, often spent much time struggling to cope with a strained relationship with my father. My extended family (as in my uncles and cousins) were sadly, distant from me and my parents and I failed to get any love and concern that I desired of them. But I guess, God knows my situation and He loves me despite what I felt - unloved. Today, as I reflect back on my life...I have seen that whatever I felt that I have lacked in the earlier part of my life, God has more than made it up to me now. He has blessed me with an education in Singapore, a job that pays me enough and a place to stay. But more than the material blessings, he has also blessed my mum and I with the love and concern of my spiritual family in WEFC. Whatever I have lacked in my biological family, God has made it up through the spiritual family he has placed me in. And more importantly, even before all these blessings came in, I was already blessed to know that He himself loves me and has a plan and purpose for me to glorify Him even if the whole world doesn't care about me. His love is complete and unconditional. Because of His love, I no longer need to be mad at anyone who did not give me the love that I desired earlier on. I can forgive because His love and providence can truly overpower anything. I understand that nobody in the world can ever satisfy our need to be loved, all the time - except God because nobody is perfect. We are all sinners and I cannot satisfy someone else's need to be loved all the time too. We really do live in a messed up world but no matter what happen, God's love is always there and it is always unconditional. Praise God. :) MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 12:42 AM
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