Footprints

James Stevens

Footprints

Someone once wrote-

One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord.

Across the dark sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
one beloning to him and the other to the Lord.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This bothered him and he 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 precious, precious child, I love you and would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffereing,
when you see only one set of footprints in the sand,
it was then that I carried you.”

Footprints belongs to the following groups:

Beach Art and Living Christianity Available for sale as

Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints

Footprints by James Stevens
Footprints by James Stevens
  • Wanda  Lechene

    Wanda Lechene

    oh wow this is a beautiful shot

  • Lynniebear

    Lynniebear

    That is one of my favourite poems! So true!

    The beach is the most beautiful place to be in the early morning as the sun is rising and the beach is smooth and untainted by we humans apart from a few footprint tracks!

  • Olga

    Olga

    Wonderful presentation of this well-known story! Bravo!

  • Basia McAuley

    Basia McAuley

    So perfectly secluded, love it!

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert

    Wonderful composition and light!

  • Chris  Willis

    Chris Willis

    What a perfect image to put with the inspirational writing…excellent.

  • GerryMac

    GerryMac

    outstanding!

  • Elenne Boothe

    Elenne Boothe

    beautiful. love the the and the words.

  • mieclarke

    mieclarke

    beautiful colours! great shot!

  • purehart05

    purehart05

    I love the “writing” that correlates with this photo…. its actually the first thing I thought of when i saw this capture. I think its called “Footprints”. Excellent.

  • James Stevens replied

    thank you, i will adjust my title!

  • Terry Arcia

    Terry Arcia

    a classic shot

  • micmac

    micmac

    So soft and calm,I’ve always loved that story ,fantastic shot.

  • RichardV

    RichardV

    Beautiful capture James.

    where is it please ??

  • Ian  James

    Ian James

    Cool shot James I like the haze and the colours and the contrast of the foot prints.

  • Metamorphosis

    Metamorphosis

    beautiful and inspiring- I love the poem footprints- perfect combination James

  • AmandaWitt

    AmandaWitt

    Great shot – to go with the great verse.

  • evex8x8

    evex8x8

    Excellent theme and composition. :0)

  • Nick Lobb

    Nick Lobb

    nice, it looks like holywell bay. nr newquay

  • James Stevens replied

    Well identified!

  • Nick Lobb

    Nick Lobb

    I also have a footprints photo from the same beach.

  • Tainia Finlay

    Tainia Finlay

    This is my favourite place on the planet, I recognised it immediately! Beautiful capture, stunning ♥

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