Footprints In the Sand

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Footprints in the Sand

One night I dreamed
I was walking along
the beach with the Lord.
Many scenes from my life
flashed across the sky.
In each scene
I noticed footprints in the sand.
Sometimes
there were two sets of footprints,
other times there was one only.
This bothered me because
I noticed that during
the low periods of my life,
when I was suffering from anguish,
sorrow or defeat,
I could see only
one set of footprints,
so I said to the Lord,
"You promised me, Lord,
that if I followed you,
you would walk with me always.
But I have noticed
that during the most trying periods
of my life
there has only been one set
of footprints in the sand.
Why, when I needed you most,
have you not been there for me?"

The Lord replied,
"The years when you have seen
only one set of footprints,
my child,
is when I carried you."

This version credited to: Mary Stevenson, 1936

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