Steps
to Peace
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 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."
Mary Stevenson, 1936
