Ever since I came to Christ I have liked this beautiful poem and it became even more real to me when I went through a divorce and walked on the beach near my house.  I can remember the times where Jesus and I walked together and the times where I was too weak to go on and He carried me.  But one time I looked back and saw a trench behind us and I asked Jesus what that meant and He said “that is when you let a seed of bitterness grow in your heart so I had to drag you along kicking and screaming.”  Thank you Lord for never letting go!  – Rogersings

One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my 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.”

 

He whispered, “My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you.”

 

by Mary Stevenson

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