A new Version of the Poem "FootPrints"?

Question

Imagine you and God are walking down the road together. For much of the way God's footprints go along steadily, consistently, rarely varying the pace.
But your footprints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures and returns.
For much of the way it seems to go like this, but gradually your footprints come more in line with God's, soon paralleling God's consistently. You and God are walking as true friends.
This seems perfect, but then an intersting things happens: Your footprints that once etched the sand next to God's are now walking precisely in His steps.
Inside God's larger footprints are your smaller ones, you and God are becoming one.
This goes on for many miles but gradually you notice another change. The footprints inside the large footprints seem to grow larger.
Eventually they disappear all together. There is only one set of footprints. They have become one.
This goes on for a long time but suddenly...

Answer 1

I love it. I find your version more comforting than the original (which I always felt was rather disempowering, and not really representative of my relationship with the Saviour).



I was hoping your were going to say the zig-zagging was the "little feet" who follow us... We walked in God's footprints and became one with him... then our children walk in ours, trusting just the same.



I imagine my feet and God's, now merged so there is no distinction as the feet tred the path...



Children naturally see their parents as the embodiment of godhood. When parents are full of love and inner wisdom, the effects are as if God himself came down, placing footprints for children to walk within. In effect, we are Gods to our own children.



I think that's the whole point, isn't it?



When they grow up, will they fear and tremble before the vengeful God, remaining in confusion? Will they angrily reject him, making a confusion of misdirected prints in the sand?



Or will they look with bright wonder and faith to the wise, loving and benevolent God, and never depart from his joyful and peaceful ways?



... Thank you so much for the great footprint analogy (better than the original, IMO)!



"The divinity within me greets the divinity with you" (namaste).

Answer 2

Or imagine that you realise the other footprints were never there and that the journey and your achievements were always your own.



Your post is irresponsible - your imagination will cause some people to 'know' they were dancing with 'god'.

Answer 3

I haven't left footprints anywhere since I was ten--try tire tracks and maybe I can relate

Answer 4

but suddenly........ god hungry from all of the walking remembers you are behind him and that you have gotten just the right size and eats you.

Answer 5

I love this. Could you email it to me? Thank you for sharing it!!!

Answer 6

And your question is ...?