There was a field covered with freshly fallen snow. A father and a son enter the field.

As they walk across the field, you notice that the father pays no particular attention to where he is going, but his son, on the other hand, follows directly behind, making a special effort to step in his father’s footprints.

After the two have crossed the field, you notice that there is only one set of tracks visible in the field, although two had walked across it.

The Christian life is that way. In our daily walk we ought to be following Christ’s example. Whether in times of suffering, sorrow or need, whether in times of health, joy, or abundance–if someone were to observe the snow-covered fields of your life, would there be one set of tracks, those of Christ?

I remember as a child in winter in Chicago, that so often I would follow and walk in my father or older brothers’ footprints in the snow. For the next six decades of my adult life I did not have to search out footprints in the snow to walk in. I felt I was an adult and I did not have to do so.

But at 81 years of age, I recently had a funeral of a dear friend in Chicago. It had snowed and I had to walk to the grave to conduct the burial services. All the way I walked in the footprints of the funeral director, one set of tracks. This was a stark reminder for me that wherever I walk for the rest of my life, I should see one set of tracks, mine inside of Christ’s.

As YOU are now going through life, do YOU see one set of tracks or two? When there is one set of footprints, might Christ be carrying YOU? 

WE SAY:  SHOW ME AND I’LL TRUST YOU!

GOD SAYS:  TRUST ME AND I’LL SHOW YOU!

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