Footprints in the Sand, by Mary Stevenson
One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. |
Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky. |
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. |
Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, |
other times there were one set of footprints. |
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This bothered me because I noticed |
that during the low periods of my life, |
when I was suffering from |
anguish, sorrow or defeat, |
I could see only one set of footprints. |
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So I said to the Lord, |
"You promised me Lord, |
that if I followed you, |
you would walk with me always. |
But I have noticed that during |
the most trying periods of my life |
there have only been one |
set of footprints in the sand. |
Why, when I needed you most, |
you have not been there for me?" |
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The Lord replied, “The times when you have |
seen only one set of footprints, |
is when I carried you."
We’ve come a long way, we Homo sapiens, having changed in appearance not at all in 250,000 years. We began living in caves; now living in manmade homes chuck full of modern miracles; from struggling to survive, now expecting cradle to grave security. A well-entrenched political orthodoxy does all it can to promote the idea. Runaway government is bankrupting America, yet deals not with the cause or the cure. America’s government, representing itself as the single footprints in the sand, confines itself to the symptoms of the problem it created, carrying everyone. It is not in God’s plan. |
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I learned the “Higher Law” from Edward S. Corwin’s The “Higher Law” Background of American Constitutional law—not for the sake of learning. America’s political orthodoxy opposes “Higher Law.” I elected myself to take action against the opponents of the law of all times. All I have is an idea that we can do better than this. It’s a do-it-yourself thing.
For thousands of years people have been controlled by various orthodoxies. The religious orthodoxy prefers that you think of the orthodoxy as God’s vicars; your salvation is through the orthodoxy. The government prefers that you think in terms of the political orthodoxy. I don’t belong to any orthodoxy. Jesus walks with me. My authority is Jesus, but not in the way I was taught.
How do earth-bound orthodoxies know our human origin—how we’ve made man in our image (Gen 1:26)? Jesus said “in earth as it is in heaven” followed by “But seek ye first the kingdom of God.” There is a distinction. The kingdom of God is not out there in the vast reaches of space, nor is God’s kingdom hidden within atoms. The kingdom of God is an internal quality.
My archetypal image is Virgo with Aquarius Rising. In The Rising Sign, under Aquarius Rising, according to astrologer and transactional analysis professional Jeanne Avery, “He becomes the water-bearer by walking to the beat of a different drummer.” This doesn’t apply to those Aquarians that go with the flow, but, specifically, to those who walk to the beat of a different drummer. Where would the orthodoxy be if you knew God gives you the power to cope; that it is a matter of your choice?
The Aquarius Rising person becomes more Aquarian as he ages. Says Avery: “He may be the person to bring back information that has been lost to civilization for centuries. The person with Aquarius on the rise can be very avant-garde. He is a forerunner in discovering new methods, and showing the rest of humanity the way.”
Transcendental—beyond the ordinary—Webster’s: beyond the contingent and accidental in human experience, but not beyond human knowledge, what keeps man fearing change, and religious zealots scheming how to wipe out those who disagree with them? What keeps collective bargaining taking unfair advantage of people, handing out supposed “rights.” It is all taught by various orthodoxies that we could not exist without their help. None of its help raises man above the ordinary. Here since the dawn of history, the orthodoxy—self-anointed masters of deceit—have enticed the easily impressed to give up their God-given rights and responsibilities, to place the orthodoxy in control of their lives.
According to Astrologer’s Handbook, time has run out for the Age of Pisces —the easily impressed people, the weak willed depending on external factors. The emblem for the Age of Pisces is two attached fish swimming in opposite directions. Witness the desperation of earth-bound orthodoxies. They play a loser’s game.
The kingdom of God is at hand—his righteousness—when all these things shall be added unto you (Mt 6:33). We are at the dawn of the Age of Aquarius, whose emblem is the water-bearer to humanity. “The kingdom of God comes not with outward show” (Lk 17:20). A groundswell is building that is going to sweep the world.
Astrologer’s Handbook: The sign of “brotherhood and fraternity” is Aquarius, “who spills out to mankind the life-force and spiritual energy.”
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