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 was only one."

"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 been only one set of footprints in the sand.
Why when I needed you most have you not been there for me?'

The Lord replied, 'The times when you have seen only one set
of footprints, my child, is when I carried you.' "
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