Lost and God

So I am not sure if anyone else follows the TV show Lost but I have watched every episode. I was watching my DVRed episode( yeah that's right the DVR again, I watch nothing live) and I was UPSET. I use bold letters here because I think I may have caught something that bother me immensely. The island's God or whatever he is, name is Jacob, and the show flashes to points in each of the cast ways lives that he has been there for them ( they of course they are oblivious to it). There is a particular character Ben(who is not a cast away originally he is with the Dharma Initiative( a bunch of researchers and such that come to the island in the 70's), and then joins the people who are native to the island)(felt I needed to fill you in if you do not follow the show) has followed this Jacob even though he has never seen him, and his daughter dies, he is banned from the one place he calls home,basically his life is turned upside down. This other character who is supposedly(really he is an enemy of Jacob's falsely posing as this character) the new leader on the island, which used to be this character Ben's job, has convinced Ben that he must kill Jacob. He uses the logic that he has suffered and followed this man in good faith and still Jacob has chosen someone else to lead the people, and before Ben does attack Jacob he asked "why not me?" I was so overwhelmed by the simple fact on how much this plays with real life! I sometimes am Ben, I follow God ( the best that I think I can ( Ben had this problem too, and ill things happened because he actions weren't made for the right reasons) and crappy stuff happens. The difference between Ben and I is that when I do meet God I will stretch out my arms and tell him thank you, because the good and bad things in my life make me who I am. This TV series reminded me though I follow blindly this man I have never met he is there for me in life at moments I need him.

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed
he was walking along the beach with the LORD.

Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene he noticed two sets of
footprints in the sand: one belonging
to him, and the other to the LORD.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.

He noticed that many times along the path of
his life there was only one set of footprints.

He also noticed that it happened at the very
lowest and saddest times in his life.

This really bothered him and he
questioned the LORD about it:

"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow
you, you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life,
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when
I needed you most you would leave me."

The LORD replied:

"My son, my precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."

written by Carolyn Joyce Carty