every step ever taken
leaves a footprint.
some are visible...
others are not.
a footprint can lead to
an act of love so tender...
often difficult to trace
as those who live with love
typically tread with love...
often on tiptoe.
a footprint can also lead to
pain and despair
and oh so often the heart
lives with regret over
footprints past.
footprints regretted.
footprints outlined with guilt.
and oh how the heart
longs to sweep away
those footprints
so painful.
so the heart lives life
walking backward
with broom in hand
attempting to erase.
attempting to at least
look a little better.
but our Abba did not intend
for us to live leaving
backward footprints.
for how will we see
the beauty of the now
when focused on the past?
and how will we follow in HIS footprints
if we are looking the wrong direction?
and the beauty so dazzling is this:
His footprints can be seen
from the beginning of time
in the orchestra of creation.
His footprints are seen
throughout the years
as His love poured
down like rain.
the footprints most
staggering to trace
are those of His Son.
those footprints walked
the very dust He created.
those footprints were
stained with blood so red
as He walked the road to the cross.
His blood poured down
like the rain.
and more beauty so shimmering?
His footprints of grace cover all.
my missteps.
my crushing steps.
my shame-filled steps.
my guilt-filled steps.
my reckless steps.
my painful steps.
steps intentional? at times.
but more often than not unintentional
yet even footprints unintentional
leave a print.
yet all those steps
are swept away with
the force of His grace!
His love leaves no
mistake or sin
uncovered.
and as a result I am free
to walk leaving footprints
facing forward...
following in HIS steps of love
therefore leaving a legacy of
footprints spilling over with
the joy and peace of His love.
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