I asked the ladies if they had any memories of
Christmas they would like to share with us from when they were young, Major
Ruth shared the time her mum and dad had just moved into a new post, they had
no presents for the children, and no food for Christmas. The following day when
they opened their front door, on one side of the door was a hamper of food, on
the other, presents for the children, someone had left their footprints in this
families life, and whilst they would never know who it was, they did know that
God had moved someone to help and they had responded. It would be something they would
never forget. Other ladies shared poems and little homilies, one of which was:
The U in Jesus
Before U were thought of or time had begun,
God stuck U in the name of His Son.
And each time U pray, you'll see it is true,
You can't spell out Jesus and not include U.
You're a pretty big part of His wonderful name,
For U, He was born; that's why He came.
And His great love for U is the reason He died.
It even takes U to spell crucified.
Isn't it thrilling and splendidly grand
He rose from the dead, with U in His Plan?
The stones split away, the gold trumpet blew,
And this word resurrection is spelled with a U.
When Jesus left earth at His upward ascension,
He felt there was one thing He just had to mention.
"Go into the world and tell them it's true
That I love them all - just like I love U."
Which is exactly what we all must do. If we have been
saved, and know the Lord Jesus then how we treat others should leave footprints
that they will see years after we have gone out of their lives.
I did a carbon footprint quiz online scoring 105, as
there was nothing to compare it with I’m not sure if it was good or bad, but it
seemed good to me. Whilst it is important that we don’t live our lives
polluting our planet, the footprints we leave in the lives of others is much
more important, because they can have everlasting value.
