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 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 only see one set of footprints.  So I said to the Lord, "You promised me, Lord, that if I follow you, you would walk with me always.  But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there have only been one set of prints in the sand.  Why, when I have needed you most you have not been there for me?"

The Lord replied,

"The times when you have seen only one set of footprints is when I carried you."

 MARY STEVENSON                 1939

May God's Footprints Always Be With You and Carry You Through Life's Battles.  Amen.

This poem has been cherished by people from all over the world.  But the true author's name was replaced by the words "Author Unknown" or "Anonymous"
In 1979 singer/songwriter Kathy Bee discover an old yellowed copy of the poem, in a card board box, among hundreds of other poems, at the home of Mary Stevenson.