Pegadas Na Areia

One night I had a dream...

I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord and across the sky, scenes from my life passed by.

For each scene that passed, I noticed there were two sets of footprints in the sand: one was mine and the other was the Lord's.

When the last scene passed before us, I looked back at the footprints in the sand and noticed that many times, on the path of my life, there was only one set of footprints in the sand.

I also noticed that this happened in the most difficult and anguishing moments of my life. This greatly bothered me, so I asked the Lord:

- Lord, You told me that once I decided to follow You, You would walk with me all the way. However, I noticed that during the most trying times of my life, there was only one set of footprints in the sand. I don't understand why in the times when I needed You the most, You left me alone.

The Lord replied:

- My dear child. I would never leave you in times of trials and suffering. When you saw, in the sand, only one set of footprints, they were mine. It was exactly there that I carried you in the arms of the Father.