Footprints In The Sand

One night I dreamed I was walking
Along the beach with the Lord.
Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.


Sometimes there were two sets of footprints.
Other times there were one set of footprints.
This bothered me because I noticed that
During the low periods of my life
When I was suffering from anguish, sorrow, or defeat,
I could see only one set of footprints.


So I said to the Lord, "You promised me,
Lord, That if I followed You,
You would walk with me always.
But I noticed that during the most trying periods
of my life There have only been
One set of prints in the sand.
Why, When I have needed you most,
You have not been there for me?"
The Lord replied,
"The times when you have seen only one set of footprints
Is when I carried you."

by Mary Stevenson
b. 1922  d. 1999

 

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