Footprints

I was looking out of my window overlooking the snow, glittering and sparkling on a recent sunny day.
I couldn't help but notice the footprints left behind from my kiddos.
They went this way, then that way. Drudging in the snow when you are small is tough work, I noticed places where they fell over, dragging their sleds, picking them themselves up and heading into a different direction. Another tracks showed that they were distracted, and turned around and headed back from where they came. There were tracks all over the yard, in fact it looked a little messy.
As I sat by the window, I realized how often my life looked like these tracks in the snow.
Times I was distracted, times when God placed me on another path, times I thought going any direction on my own without knowing where I was heading...
My prayer is to be following God's path...wherever that leads. Deep snow may come, but I know He is with me and I'm following His tracks! It may not be the plan I had in mind, but I can have peace knowing God is preparing me because only He can oversee and know the full picture.