Footprints in the Sand

Last night I had a dream. I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the
Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two
sets of footprints in the sand: one belonged to me, the other to the Lord.

After the last scene of my life flashed before me, I looked back at the
footprints in the sand. I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times, there was only one set of
footprints.

This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it. “Lord, you said once I
decided to follow you, You’d walk with me all the way. But I noticed that during
the saddest and most troublesome times of my life, there was only one set of
footprints. I don’t understand why, when I needed You the 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 suffering, when you could see only one set of
footprints, it was then that I carried you.”