Footprints

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.