Footprints....

This has been a very sad week for many of my friends. Though I try not to use the words of others, I find none more comforting than the following...

This is for Roy and Candi who lost their beloved Papa... for Chris who lost his 17 year old son, for Tammi and the boys who lost their "meme" and for Lisa who lost her 18 month old nephew

I know your faith is strong but when times are the darkest, God will be there to carry you... You are in my prayers...

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.”


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Mary Stevenson, 1936