I've always loved this one... The other day someone put it on my windshield, and it didn't even have any advertising or church info on it. Just the poem. :) 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 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."
interesting footnote: I always thought this was an anonymous poem, but I found this site today that contains info about the author, Mary Stevenson who wrote it in 1939. http://www.footprints-inthe-sand.com/index.php?page=Bio.php She finally received official copyright credit in 1997, two years before she passed away.