Signs of Change

So the sign went up yesterday- it signals a change in the air.



Side note: Is it me, or does spring always bring about such massive change personally and professionally for everyone? The hotel I've worked at for almost three years is going under a massive facelift (needed, but did I mention a chunk of Disney fall off in the back parking lot and named itself CoCo Key Water Resort?? Hello! Biggeest water resort in Nebraska- and I work there!) My market at work is changing- for the better mind you, but a lot of pride is in the files I'm handing over- and I'm finding it tough to call those clients.



The sign I'm referring to is our real estate sign- the pictures look really good, I'm pretty impressed, but it still means that I'm moving from the house I've lived in for three years. I know, it's not an eternity, but still-- I raised my two boys in that house... ok, they're dogs...but still...



I think I'd feel much better, probably excited, if I knew what I was going to do in the next chapter of my life. But, as I think about it, it's probably for the better. I need to focus on what I'm doing now-- not day dream about what the future could hold...



You know, I'm glad I'm blogging now- I think it could be therapeutic at this time. I named my blog footprints because as I was thinking about a name, I looked over and saw a bookmark someone had given me of the poem Footprints in the Sand. I think as I focus on all the changes happening around me, I know I need to realize God is there, every step of the way.

Footprints in the Sand
by Mary Stevenson

One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, henoticed two sets of footprints in the sand: one belonging to him, and the other to the Lord.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his lifethere was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and hequestioned the Lord about it.
"Lord, You said that once I decided to follow you, You'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me."

The Lord replied,"My son, My precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I Carried You."