Footprints in the Sand
One night a man had a dream. He
dreamed he was
walking along the
beach with the Lord.
Scenes from his life flashed across the
sky and 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 had
flashed before him,
he recalled that at
the lowest and saddest times of his life
there was only one set of footprints.
Dismayed, he asked, "Lord, you said that once I decided
to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. Why at the
troublesome times of my life, the times
that I've needed you 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 saw only one set of
footprints...
That was when I carried you."
_____________Margaret Fishback Powers
( This poem was written Thanksgiving
(Canadian) 1964 at Echo Lake Youth Camp,
Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The book, of the
same name, is published by HarperPerennial,
a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.,
1993. The original title was "I Had A
Dream." )
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