posted Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 17:45 (+0800), by Martin
Footprints on Cottesloe beach, just before sunset.
Photos of footprints on the beach often make me think of the well-known "Footprints In The Sand" poem.
Interestingly, there's some disagreement about the original author of this poem. The text below is what is believed to be the original version, written in 1936 by Mary Stevenson.
One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there was one only.
This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints, so I said to the Lord,
"You promised me Lord, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there has only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?"
The Lord replied, "The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you."
footprints in the sand
Cottesloe, Western Australia
Canon EOS 350D, 70-200mm f/4L @70mm, 1/200 sec, f/4.5, ISO100
Canon EOS 350D, 70-200mm f/4L @70mm, 1/200 sec, f/4.5, ISO100
Photos of footprints on the beach often make me think of the well-known "Footprints In The Sand" poem.
Interestingly, there's some disagreement about the original author of this poem. The text below is what is believed to be the original version, written in 1936 by Mary Stevenson.
Footprints In The Sand
One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there was one only.
This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints, so I said to the Lord,
"You promised me Lord, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there has only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?"
The Lord replied, "The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you."
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