Footprints in the sand

Dearest diary,

Next on my books;

The way.Have you read footprints in the sand? I remember my grand father having this on his wall. I read it when I was little and I smiled thinking how much I understood but didn’t understand it. For those that need a reminder that we are never alone; though we feel like no one is in the world with us.“For at times in the depths of our desparity, it is only there we find him.”

One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
“Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You’d walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don’t understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me.”He whispered,“My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you.”

I was 11, reading this.

Yours, R Kate Shaikhps. I am not here to inspire you; I am here to let you know it’s gonna be okay