Footprints in the Sand

好朋友心情壞透了, 很多事令她煩惱, 但訴苦無門..

很多年前買了一張 poster, 是一首詩 by Mary Stevenson, 我很喜歡, 每當失意時, 這首詩給我很大的欣慰.

在這裡送給好朋友... (我將詩中的 he 改成 she)

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Footprints in the Sand


One night a woman had a dream. She dreamed
she was walking along the beach with the LORD.

Across the sky flashed scenes from her life.
For each scene she noticed two sets of
footprints in the sand: one belonging
to her, and the other to the LORD.

When the last scene of her life flashed before her,
she looked back at the footprints in the sand.

She noticed that many times along the path of
her life there was only one set of footprints.

She also noticed that it happened at the very
lowest and saddest times in her life.

This really bothered her and she
questioned the LORD about it:

"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow
you, you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life,
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when
I needed you most you would leave me."

The LORD replied:

"My daughter, my 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 footprints,
it was then that I carried you."


© Mary Stevenson