God. Now Go.

hey guys.

I'm disappointed to say that the past week hasn't been particularly excellent for me. With the snow, and school starting there have have been plenty of distractions to keep me from staying on a healthier path. Sometimes you have to find motivation from a place you don't usually go to. Sometimes that place has been there all along, and never seemed to be an option until there were no others left. I'm talking about God.

God never seems to help when you need him, but that is only because he can tell you have it in you to keep going on your own. I'm reminded of the prayer/poem "Footprints." It tells the story of a person walking through his life on a sandy beach alongside the Lord. Much of the way, he noticed that during the lowest points of his life, only one set of footprints was made, whereas God promised he would walk with him always. This was troubling, and he questioned God. "Why, when I have needed you most, you have not been there for me?"

God replied, "The times when you see only one set of footprints, that is when I carried you."

God is there always. This brings me to a story from a person who played a big part in my spiritual life. She used to work in the World Trade Center. Before the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the buildings, there was one much earlier, I believe it was in '96. A bomb was detonated in the lower part of the tower, and this person was up on a high level. As she headed down the seemingly endless stairs, she happened upon an elderly gentleman in a wheel chair. He couldn't make it down the stairs himself, and dark smoke was filling the air. She and another man stopped to help him get down. The man was wearing very expensive business-wear, and he used his jacket and belt as leverage to get the man down the stairs. It was pitch black by now. She decided to let the other man go, and would look out for the elderly man herself. The younger man questioned her.

"Who will look out for you if I leave?"

"God. Now go."

She tells this story now, as God carried her through the hardest time of her life. He will help me too.
I'm confident of that.