pjane (10/20/82)
I'm not very religious but I thought it was nice.
Hope you do too.
ONE NIGHT I HAD A DREAM
I DREAMED I WAS WALKING ALONG THE
BEACH WITH THE LORD, AND ACROSS
THE SKY FLASHED SCENES FROM MY LIFE.
FOR EACH SCENE I NOTICED TWO
SETS OF FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND;
ONE BELONGED TO ME, THE OTHER TO
THE LORD. WHEN THE LAST SCENE
OF MY LIFE FLASHED BEFORE US I
LOOKED BACK AT THE FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND.
I NOTICED THAT MANY
TIMES ALONG THE PATH OF MY LIFE,
THERE WAS ONLY ONE SET OF
FOOTPRINTS. I ALSO NOTICED THAT IT
HAPPENED AT THE VERY LOWEST AND
SADDEST TIMES OF MY LIFE.
I QUESTIONED THE LORD ABOUT IT.
"LORD, YOU SAID THAT ONCE I DECIDED
TO FOLLOW YOU, YOU WOULD WALK WITH ME
ALL THE WAY. BUT I HAVE NOTICED THAT
DURING THE MOST TROUBLESOME
TIMES IN MY LIFE, THERE IS ONLY ONE SET
OF FOOTPRINTS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHY IN TIMES WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST,
YOU WOULD LEAVE."
THE LORD REPLIED, "MY PRECIOUS CHILD,
I WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOU DURING
YOUR TIMES OF TRIAL AND SUFFERING.
WHEN YOU SEE ONLY ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS,
IT WAS THEN THAT I CARRIED YOU."
Sugar
ihuxe!pjane