GREAT EXPECTATIONS

On one beautiful night, a devotee after worshiping god went to his cozy bed for sleep. He had a very stunning dream; he dreamed that he was walking along the beautiful beach in the company of his loving God. While he was walking along the seashore, the scenes of different incidents and situations from his life flashed one by one across the dark sky. He kept moving and watching the different stages of his life, the good times as well as bad ones.

After the last scene of life flashed before him, he looked back and noticed the footprints in the sand. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand. One belonged to his own and the other one to God. All of sudden he noticed that at many times along the path of his life; especially at the very lowest, difficult and saddest times, there was only one set of footprints.

This really disturbed him, so he asked God about it. He asked, “God, you said once I decided to follow you, you’d walk with me all the way. But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life, there was only one set of footprints. I don’t understand why, when I needed you the most, you were not there for me.”

God laughed and after some silence whispered, “My precious child, I love you and never left you. When you were fine & healthy, I used to walk beside you. So the extra pair of footprints were visible. When you saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you during your tough times. Whenever you were in difficulties and problems, I was still protecting you.”

Lesson

God loves us. He loves all of us equally and is always there for us in our lean periods. All of us go through difficult and tough situations and don’t have a sense of God being present.  However, when we look back through the hard times we can often see God’s hand at solving that problem and coming out of those tough situations.  We do not realize it at the moment, but looking back we can see where God has guided and how He has helped us to overcome. He helps to ease your pain.

Though he is not visible and helping you in person, but the inner strength and courage to deal with difficult situations are given by the Almighty only. And the other factor to which we call “luck” is nothing but God’s blessings only, which he showered on to whom He loves. This does not mean you should not do anything and God will give you everything on the part of “luck”. You need to work to achieve anything. 

“Work hard, do your best and leave the rest on God.”

Over to you now, what do you feel; does God take care of us during our toughest times and lean periods? How do you see God's presence with you during those times? 

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