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 belonging to him, and the other to the Lord.

 一個夜晚，他做了個夢。他夢見和 神並肩在海灘散步。他的一生像戲劇的場景，一幕幕劃過天空。他留意到，每個場景都有兩副腳印在沙灘上：一副是屬於他自己的，另一副是 神的。

 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. 

當最後一個場景在他眼前劃過，他回頭觀察身後的那些腳印。他發現到沿途走過的路程中，經常袛賸下”一副腳印”存在著。他更發覺，這情況總是發生在～當他人生低潮和悲傷的時刻。

 This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it. 

 這讓他困惑，於是他請問 神，到底怎麼回事。

“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.”

”神啊，您告訴我，袛要我決心追隨您，您就要和我同在。但是我發現，當我走在苦難的路程，卻袛有我單獨的一副腳印！我實在不明白，為什麼當我最需要您的時候，您卻遠離了我！”

The Lord replied, “My son, My precious child, I love you and would never leave you.  During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I 
carried you.”

神就回答他，”我的兒子，我珍愛的孩子啊，我是這樣愛你，我絕對不會離棄你。當你生命路程中經歷苦難折磨時，你所看見的那”一副腳印”～～就是我背著你往前走留下的足跡啊！”              Authar   Unknawn作者不詳
 



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