MOM POEMS, LOVE POEMS and WAR POEMS » Mary Stevenson poetry http://www.poems-archive.com mom poems, love poems, famous poems, war poems, friendships poems, love poems for moms Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:25:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Footprints in the Sand by Mary Stevenson http://www.poems-archive.com/footprints-in-the-sand-by-mary-stevenson.html http://www.poems-archive.com/footprints-in-the-sand-by-mary-stevenson.html#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:22:06 +0000 admin http://www.poems-archive.com/footprints-in-the-sand-by-mary-stevenson.html Continue reading →]]> 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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