The Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. 
Thy kingdom come. 
Thy will be done, 
On earth as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. 
And forgive us our trespasses, 
As we forgive those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation, 
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

                ONE NIGHT A MAN HAD A DREAM, HE DREAMED HE WAS WALKING ALONG THE BEACH WITH THE LORD.

          ACROSS THE SKY FLASHED SCENES FROM HIS LIFE.
   FOR EACH SCENE, HE NOTICED TWO SETS OF FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND; ONE BELONGED TO HIM, AND THE OTHER TO THE LORD.

       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 THE LORD ABOUT IT.
   "LORD, YOU SAID THAT ONCE I DECIDED TO FOLLOW YOU, 
YOU'D WALK WITH ME ALL THE WAY.

   BUT I HAVE NOTICED THAT DURING THE MOST 
TROUBLESOME TIMES IN MY LIFE,
             THERE IS ONLY ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS. 
    I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST 
YOU WOULD LEAVE ME."

  THE LORD REPLIED," MY PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS CHILD, 
I LOVE YOU AND I  WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOU. 
           DURING YOUR TIMES OF TRAIL AND SUFFERING,
           WHEN YOU SEE ONLY ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS,
               IT WAS THEN THAT I CARRIED YOU."

                 BY MARY STEVENSON IN 1939