When you saw only one set of footprints it was then that I carried you.

The story and meaning of saying “When you saw only one set of footprints it was then that I carried you.” is as follows:

Once a man was died and taken to God by the angels.

During his travelling he was supposed to his Life path where he found two pairs of footprints.

He knows that one set of footprints are his and he was confused about the other set.

He asked the angels. They said it was God who was walking along with him throughout his Life.

The man then found that only one pair of footsteps during the most difficult times of his life.

He was confused very much.

When he was brought in front of God he asked “Dear God, You came along with me throughout my life as I saw those of your footprints. But you've betrayed me at the most difficult times of my life. I found only one pair of footsteps. Why is it so? Why did you leave me alone at the toughest times of my life?”

God smiled and replied, “Dear son, what you've seen was really not your footprints. They were actually mine. I was carrying you on my hands.”

The man realized that God never betrays anyone who believes him.

Those lines denotes that : “God carries you in his hands during the toughest times of your Life!”