Footprints In The Sand

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
me, 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 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, it was then that I carried you."

by Margaret Fishback Powers

“In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. Isaiah 63:9 “
“ The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms….Deuteronomy 33:27 “