Over all my burdens and through all my fears   Jesus carries me   Through all my trials and through all my tears   Jesus carries me.      One night a man had a dream   And he dreamed he was walking with the Lord   A crossed the sky flashed scenes from his life   For each scene he noted two sets of footprints in the sand   One belonged to him the other to the Lord   When the last scene of his life flashed before him   He looked back at the footprints in the sand   And noticed that many times along the path of his life   There was only one set of footprints   He also noticed that this seemed to happen   At the very lowest and sadist 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 would walk with me all the way but I have noticed    That in the most troublesome times in my life   There are only one set of foot prints   I don't understand why when I needed you the most   You would leave me      The Lord replied, ''Oh, my precious, precious child   I love you and I would never leave you.   During your times of trial and suffering   When you see only one set of foot prints.   I did not leave you, it was then that I carried you.''      Over all my burdens and through all my fears   Jesus carries me   Through all my trials and through all my fears   Jesus carries me.      Oh, he carries me across   The burning sand, over water deep and wide   He gently takes me by the hand   And carries me to the other side.      Oh, my Jesus carries me...