" The Lord said that, when a person dedicates their life to Him. He would walk with them through all the ups and downs. The person then asked the Lord: why, at the worst points of their life, did He abandon them? Why did He leave?... He tells the person that He had walked with them their whole life through. But, He explains, the times where there is only a single set of footprints were not when He walked beside them, but instead, when He carried them. "

― Tillie Cole , A Thousand Boy Kisses