Footprints in the sand

Voices of the Night. Retrieved November 19, I was so discouraged. Categories : Christian allegory 20th-century poems. Allegorical religious poem. Greenville Daily Advocate. The first to appear in July , in a small Iowa town newspaper, is a very concise six-sentence version featuring an "elderly man" and "rocky roads". The Chicago Tribune. No recordings or transcriptions of Mr.

The earliest known formally dated publications of any variants of the poem are from , with three different descriptions of the person and also the setting. Winona, Mississippi. Influence [ edit ]. The most dominant usage in prose is in the context of fictional or nonfiction adventure or mystery stories or articles. Harper Collins published her biography before a public argument erupted over copyright between Power and the estate of Mary Stevenson.

Footprints in the sand original version

Humorist and columnist Erma Bombeck [ 38 ] published a condensed version of Stevenson's variant in July An elderly man, who had lived his life and left this world to go and meet his Maker asked the Lord a question. This version does not appear to have re-emerged later. Washington, D. The pilgrim said, "I see my footprints, but whose are those? September 25, Retrieved December 20, Jesus travels the path of the believer, instead of the other way around.

Vogel's hymn has an angel's footsteps but lacks the "I carried you" of the modern "Footprints". Retrieved 9 November Virgin Media.

Footprints in the sand poem pdf

This really bothered me and I questioned the Lord about it: "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. Deuteronomy presents the concept of "God bearing you". If I could know those little feet were shod in sandals wrought of light in better lands, And that the foot-prints of a tender God ran side by side with his, in golden sands, I could bow cheerfully, and kiss the rod, since Benny was in wiser, safer hands.