Footprints in the Sand

<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmYDEbKtt_v9WH1KJcvEXKtgRsUT_piOCC6oUFqYEQzKQXV6KLtm_UhzWWyZ28xvc8feKcGnndR8j4-713esWBtne9eJwPqnmFez3w_IP8wDCDA5pm1Jc7PltOatYMLBidXhGoZp-1VQ/s1600/download+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmYDEbKtt_v9WH1KJcvEXKtgRsUT_piOCC6oUFqYEQzKQXV6KLtm_UhzWWyZ28xvc8feKcGnndR8j4-713esWBtne9eJwPqnmFez3w_IP8wDCDA5pm1Jc7PltOatYMLBidXhGoZp-1VQ/s1600/download+(1).jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord.</span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.</span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Sometimes there were two sets of footprints,</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> other times there were one set of footprints.</div> </span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">This bothered me because I noticed</span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">that during the low periods of my life,</span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> when I was suffering from</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> anguish, sorrow or defeat,</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I could see only one set of footprints.</div> </span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">So I said to the Lord,</span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">‘You promised me Lord,</span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> that if I followed you,</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> you would walk with me always.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> there have only been one set of footprints in the sand.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Why, when I needed you most, you have not been there for me?’</div> </span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Lord replied,</span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">‘The times when you have seen only one set of footprints in the sand,</span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> is when I carried you.’</div> </span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: large;">-Mary Stevenson</span></div>

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...

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