PROGRAM D-7759
You know, when you’re in a tough place, holding on for dear life and thinking that nothing good is happening, it’s easy to start doubting God’s care and love for you.
The third principle is to Trust in God’s Love. Are you at the place where you have begun to doubt that God loves you? That is one of the tools that our enemy uses on us, to discourage us and defeat us—making us doubt the goodness of God. You may not feel his love, but it doesn’t change the fact that he still loves you and always will.
I’m sure you know this story, but here it is again:
Footprints
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 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.”
— Author Unknown
Remember that nothing can separate you from God’s love—nothing! So trust in God’s love for you. He loves you unconditionally and that will never change.
