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"Footprints in the Sand"
Author: Mary Stevenson

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 were one set of footprints. 
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 have only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, you have not been there for me?” 
The Lord replied, “The times when you have seen only one set of footprints in the sand, is when I carried you.”

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