One night a submissive had a dream. In the dream,
she was walking along the beach with her Master and
across the sky, flashed scenes of the life they had
spent together thus far. In each scene, she noticed two
sets of footprints in the sand, one made by her Master
and her own smaller footprints alongside His. When the
last scene of the dream flashed before her, she looked
back at the footprints in the sand. She noticed that
many times there was only one set of footprints.
She also noticed that it happened at the worst times
in her life.

This bothered her very much and when she
awoke the next morning, she told her Master about her
dream and asked Him about it. "Master, you said that
once i decided to follow You, You'd walk with me all
the way. But i noticed that during times of trouble,
there was only one set of footprints. I don't understand
why you left me when i needed You most."

Her Master answered, "My precious girl, I love you and I
would never leave you. During your times of trial, when you
saw only one set of footprints, that's when I took you
in my arms and carried you."