FOOTPRINTS

I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord....
Across the sky flashed scenes of my life
and for each scene I noticed two sets of footprints.

One set belongs to me--the other to the Lord.
But I also noticed that many times during my life
there was only one set of footprints,
and it always happened at the very lowest and
saddest times in my life.
I couldn't understand this, and so I questioned
the Lord about it.

"Lord, you said that you would walk with me all
through my life but I see that during the hardest and
saddest time I've had, there is only one set
of footprints. How could you leave me when I
needed you the most?"

The Lord replied, "My precious child, I love you
and I would never leave you during your time
of grief and suffering. When you saw only one
set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."

Author Unknown