"You'll Never Walk Alone"
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 belonged 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's walk with
me all the way. But Ihave noticed
that at the worst times in my life,
there is only one set of footprints.
How could you leave me when
I needed you the most?"
The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child, I love you and
would never leave you. During
your times of suffering and
when you see only one set
of footprints, it was then
that I carried you."
~ Mary Stevenson ~
