This really bothered meand I questioned God about it.'God, you said that once I decided to follow you,you would walk with me all the way, but I noticedthat during the most troublesome times in my lifethere is only one set of footprints.I don't understand why, in the times when I needed you most, you would leave me.'God replied, 'My precious, precious child, I love youand I would never, never leave you during your timesof trial and suffering. When you see only one setof footprints, it was then that I carried you.'Mary Stevenson 1922-1999