One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was
walking with the Lord.
Across the sky flashed scenes of
his life.
For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in
the sand; one belonged 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 had happened at
the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered the man 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 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."
-Mary Stevenson-1936
Graphic by Greg Olsen
