one night a man had a dream.
he dreamed that 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 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'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
son, my precious child,
i love you and i would never leave
you.
during your times of trial and
suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried
you."