Analysis Of Footprints

Calling God “a tremendous lover,” Thompson displays that God is the people’s destiny. He ends his poem with: “Ah, fondest, blindest, weakest, / I am He whom thou seekest!/ Thou dravest love from thee who dravest Me.” (Thompson, 180-182). Do not try to run away from God because God is always going to here. Do not be surprised by God when He knows what people are searching for before they even know themselves. Do not be afraid of God because He is trying to find His people to pursue their happiness. God will not give up on anyone, so do not try to drive God’s love away. This poem elicited the awakening of Day’s soul in order to accept God into her life: “The idea of this pursuit by the Hound of Heaven fascinated me. The recurrence of it, the inevitableness of the outcome made me feel that sooner or later I would have to pause in the mad rush of living and remember my first beginning and my last end” (Day, 84). When she stopped her busy life and thought about the meaning of life, God appeared in her life. Dorothy Day realized that God is the origin and goal of life. God is the “first beginning” of life and the one people should follow till the very “last

is always with us. No matter how bad circumstances get, God will be beside us

God's loneliness is a theme central to the poem, as the preacher moves from theorizing "It must be lonely to be God" (1) to wondering "Who walks with Him?" (9) to concluding "He tires of being great / In solitude" (16) at the poem's conclusion. While Brooks does not state this explicitly, one can infer that the preacher's concern for God almost extends to wishing that he could provide God some form of companionship himself. I found myself speculating that perhaps the preacher entered the clergy for this very reason, giving Brooks' narrator a sort of history. The preacher's solemn narration in the poem gives light to its tone, which is one of compassion for God, and worry about His loneliness.

Week three’s devotional really touched me. Many people think they can do everything on their own, that they do not need God in their life. I feel that we all need God to help us get through the challenges in our lives, so we can grow and learn from those challenges. John 14:26 says, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you” (NASB). John 14:26 supports my feelings when it comes to needing God, as He will teach us.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 shows us how God is our comfort in the midst of suffering so that we can comfort others.

Some times the question of “Where is God” surfaces with all the adversities, and I find myself asking “what is God doing for all these people who are suffering?” But however amidst all the issues I know that He is there, and all these problems and conflicts do not change the fact that God exists, and I still have hope for change for these suffering people no matter what the circumstance.

I love the passages of comfort because its telling you where you can look on the bible vesicle’s that will help you manage any situation you might be going thru at the moment. Not only sad or bad situations but happy and thankful emotions you might be experiencing at the time. Having God as our main priority in our life it’s a blessing because when we follow his path things will fall into place. At least for me that’s how it works.

Most often, students ask me how I cope with such variety of situations especially with dying patients, or telling a family member that there is nothing more to do. I immediately tell them that I fully rely on God for my strength and compassion. I cannot image a day without constant access to God for strength and comfort by simply praying silently throughout the day. Sharing situations that I have witnessed opens the door to plant a simple seed of faith and that there is always hope even in times of pain, suffering and sorrow. “Hope is essential to life.” (Townes 2007) With repeated exposure to tragic events often resulting in death, it is easy to question God’s

Unfortunately, many situations we must face in life are like this. People are not always around to help us through hard times, and most tragedies, such as death, are obstacles that we must overcome individually. As described in the poem though, death is an inevitability that we cannot change, and therefore should not deter us from our path. We must learn to deal with tragedies such as death, as they are unavoidable. These events do have an everlasting effect on us, but they should

I am getting an image of you fishing and you are getting so bothered as if you have been there forever but not a single fish has taken a nibble on your bait. And you just get so impatient that you started throwing rocks at your bobber. And I feel as if that just symbolizes your walk with God. You sit there and listen but you never sit there long enough, as if you stop listening right when he is about to tell you the best information you could hear. And I just feel like you have realized this and you don’t know how to fix this,” Dylan says as my heart shatters. The man whom I have managed to not talk to at all has just said the most influential thing I have ever heard in my life. He just summed up my entire walk with Christ in one metaphor about something that I don’t even do. It was to hard for me to listen to the rest of the people talking through my tears and sniffles because of the mystery man that had made me feel like God is actually listening and I don’t have to walk around just thinking but not

develops the theme of “god is always watching over you, even through the hard times”. The eyes of

“The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my Buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

The author uses metaphor to enhance the idea of obstacles and challenges the speaker faces on her quest. In the poem, she is not literally walking

Starting with “The Wanderer,” the speaker begins his tale by reminiscing upon his trials and tribulations of which he has suffered a great deal and “longs for relief, the Almighty’s mercy” (118). He has lost his friends and no longer has anyone to confide in, forcing him to be alone with his thoughts: “So I must hold in the thoughts of my heart” (118). In the midst of his grieving, the Wanderer recalls a joyous occasions, such as when “his friend and lord helped him to the feast” (119), only to realize that what once was, is no longer. He finds comfort in his dreams, longing to be back with his “liege-lord again” only to awaken and have reality come shattering down upon him (119). However, he comes to the conclusion that through hardship and suffering, one matures, grows, learns his place in life and how “a good man holds his words back, tells his woes not too soon, baring his inner heart before knowing the best way” (120).

1 Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. 2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. 3 I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death. 4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength. 5 I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care. 6 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. 7 Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. 8 You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape; 9 my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, Lord, every day; I spread out my hands to you. 10 Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you? 11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction? 12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion? 13 But I cry to you for help, Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you. 14 Why, Lord, do you reject me and hide your