I FOLLOWED YOU!

 

When we were growing up you left footprints on the path of life before me.

I now realize that you were the beautiful example that God wanted to be in my life. Even when I was very young I knew just how much I needed you in my life. As the years passed I believed that if I could only be just a little more like you, I would be more blessed than anyone in this whole world.

 

I believed that if you asked God to make the sun shine for me; He would. I believed that if you said everything would be all right in my world; it would. I believed that you moved the sun and the stars to create a special place in God’s heart for me, even on the days when I didn’t feel Him in mine. On the days when I found it hard to believe that God was by my side; you believed for me!

I tried so hard to walk in the footprints you left behind.... As a child I did not realize that as I grew, you did too. And oh, how beautiful was the day when we became adults! And we walked “together”, side by side, along the path of life ahead!  I looked at you through adult eyes and saw just how much you had given up for me in my world; for each step as you went on ahead of me, you had stopped to make sure I was there behind you.

 

I now know that I walked in your light! I now believe that God used you as a Special Angel in my life. I now sit in quiet thought and wrap my arms around you and thank God for placing you in my life. I now think back and realize that you were once a little girl, too! And I realize that your dream was to walk in God’s footsteps...and while you were walking toward Him... I followed you!

                                                                 Millie P. Lorenz

This writing is dedicated to my sister Maxine… a beautiful Angel in the lives of many. She has spent her years dedicating her life to helping others. On any given day you will find her kneeling down to her grandchildren, spending precious time with her children, reaching out to her family, or sitting at the bedside of others who battle illness… even after having retired from the nursing profession due to an illness she now battles daily…. Sjorgren's (sp) and Lupus.

 

I see the wings God gave her!