The Lord’s Footsteps
Last night I had a dream,
I dreamt I was walking on the sands
with the Lord Himself,
and on the screen of the night I saw
like in a movie, all the days of my life.
As I looked at my past, on every single day,
two footsteps appeared on that screen
one was mine and the other the Lord’s.
So I carried on until all the days allotted
to me were gone.
Then I stopped and looked back. In some
places, there was just one footstep ……….
Those places coincided with the most difficult
days of my life, the days of greatest suffering,
fear, and pain ………….
Then I asked Him:
“O Lord, You told me You would have stayed
with me throughout all days of my life, and I
accepted to live with You. Please tell me why
in those worst moments You left me alone?”
And the Lord answered:
“My child, I love you and told you I was going
to stay with you throughout this journey
I would never leave you alone,
not even for an instant, nor did I leave you ……
When you saw a single footstep on the sand on those days
I was carrying you.”
~ANONYMOUS
(A devotee from Lima, Peru, sent the above poem
with a note that it belongs to the Brazilian tradition. ‑ Ed.)
