Imagine you and the Lord Jesus walking down the road together. For much of the way, the Lord's footprints go along steadily, consistently, rarely varying the pace. But your prints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures and returns.
But gradually, your footprints come more in line with the Lord's, soon paralleling His consistently.
You and Jesus are walking as true friends.
This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens: your footprints that once etched the sand next to the Master's are now inside His larger footprints is the small "sandprint," safely enclosed. You and Jesus are becoming one.
This goes on for many miles. But gradually you notice another change. The footprint inside the larger footprint seems to grow there is only one set of footprints.
They have become one.
Again, this goes on for a long time. But then something awful And this time it Stops. Starts. You're amazed and shocked.
"Lord, I understand the first scene with the I was a new Christian, just But You walked on through the storm and helped me learn to walk with you."
"That is correct."
"Yes, and when the smaller footprints were inside of Yours, It was I followed You very closely."
You have understood everything so far."
"Then the smaller footprints grew and eventually filled in with I suppose that I was actually growing so much that I was becoming like you."
"Precisely."
Lord ... Was there a regression or something? The footprints went back to two, and this time it was worse than the first."
"That was when we danced."
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