Footprints
Posted on March 30, 2012
Footprints
One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was walking
along the beach with the Lord,
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene, he noticed
two sets of footprints in the sand;
one belonging to him,
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 happened
at the very lowest and
saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and
he questioned the Lord about it.
“Lord, you said that once
I decided to follow you,
you’d wakl 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, precious child,
I love you and 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.