Footprints

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with God while, across the sky, flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he

noticed two sets of footprints in the sand - one belonging to him and the other to God.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that, many times along the path of his life, there

was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life. This really bothered him, and he questioned

God about it.

"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way," he said. "But I have noticed that, during the most troubled times in my

life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why, when I needed you most, you left me."

"My precious child," the Lord replied, "I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of

footprints in the sand, it was then that I carried you."

(from Scouting (U.K.) magazine's A Canny Crack)

Boys have a thousand muscles to wiggle with and only one to sit still with.