Footprints

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