FOOTPRINTS

"I am always with you." Matthew 28:20

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,and 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 walk 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 the most

you would leave me."

The Lord replied,

"My precious, precious child,

I love you and I 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.