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 have noticed that during the most
trying periods of my life,
there has only been
one set of footprints in the sand. Why,
when I needed you the most, have you not been there for me?"
The Lord replied, "The
years when you have seen only one
set of footprints, my child..., is when
I
carried you."
Mary Stevenson, 1936
