Footprints in the sand

My friend just turned 80 and he talked about his life soon being just a footprint on the sand and an ocean wave coming in and......

It's a lovely image. We dissolve by grace into His company. We leave a print just for a short while an then it is gone. This is what we call in swedish: forsvinnande gott -- disappearingly good. The process is in itself delicious. Sad but not so sad. Disappearance is comforting, come to think of it. It seem to be God's favourite technique.