Footprints in the Sand
Footprints in the Sand, a beautiful poem!
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One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.
After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.
This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You'd walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."
He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."
1412 Comment(s)
King 4 days ago - March 25, 2024 at 1:15 am
I sure am hungry
Brent Bucholtz 2 weeks ago - March 17, 2024 at 8:30 pm
Tonight I have come to an epiphany. God has carried me. ?
chris 3 weeks ago - March 5, 2024 at 6:00 pm
this an all time favourite.
Lando Lopez 2 months ago - January 27, 2024 at 10:00 pm
I love the Beautiful poem
Landry Wise 3 months ago - December 23, 2023 at 2:05 pm
Footprints in the sand was my nanas favorite poem before she died a few days ago, and I was copying this down to hang up in a remembrance of her. I was so grateful that I could find the exact print she always would use.
Marland martini 3 months ago - December 19, 2023 at 7:07 am
I love these words I hid them close to my heart
Shawn Harris 3 months ago - December 13, 2023 at 10:30 am
I’ve always liked this scripture I remember seeing the pictures on my moms wall and today as I looked in the sky at near dusk I seen what looked like FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND and it just reminded me of that so then I pulled it up! VERY BEAUTIFUL! SO I GUESS THAT IS WHAT THE LORD IS DOING WITH ME RIGHT NOW, CARRYING ME ACROSS THE SAND BECAUSE ALL I SEEN WAS ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS! I LOVE U SOOOO MUCH LORD AND I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT U DO FOR ME MY FAMILY AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS OLD WICKED WORLD AND I CANT WAIT UNTIL THE DAY THAT WE ALL MEET U FACE TO FACE IN THE SKY! UR HUMBLED SERVANT SHAWN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U JESUS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE OUT THERE THAT IS READING THIS AND PLEASE BE SAFE! 12/12/2023
Emily 5 months ago - October 30, 2023 at 8:18 am
I've been going through a lot lately, more than I ever have, and today I was crying so hard. Then The Lord reminded me of this poem, I remember that my nanny had this poem hanging in her bathroom when I was a little girl I'd always read it whenever I'd be in there playing with her makeup. I had forgotten this beautiful poem and I know it was God that reminded me of it! Oh how He has carried me through the storm, oh how He has Loved me beyond comprehension...blessings and honor and Glory and Power Belong to Jesus! This poem reminds me of when Shadrach Meshach and Abednego were in the firey furnace, and that there was a forth staring back at them, Jesus Christ shielding them from the fire! Hallelujah!!!! And let us not forget how He told peter to come to Him in the water, and through faith peter walked,although he slipped in a long the way, Jesus was there to pull Him out of the water!!! May God Bless you all abundantly in all that you do In Christ Jesus! Amen ????
Gus 5 months ago - October 15, 2023 at 4:19 pm
I found GOD many years ago high up in the mountains of Northern BC . The world is his canvas. I ask forgiveness and give thanx for all he has blessed me with several times a day .
By comparison to the troubles of the world with so many suffering my problems are miniscule yet he answers my prayer. Truly incredible the power of prayer. I luv Footprints in the Sand.
GOD BLESS
Sheila 6 months ago - October 10, 2023 at 5:33 am
This is my favorite poem All through my life I've known that Our Lord has carried me
Nik 6 months ago - September 19, 2023 at 4:06 am
Going through so much pain at the moment. My husband is suffering. I spoke with a fellow human being who told me about this poem. I looked it up and found it and couldn’t stop crying. How blessed to hear those words at this time of distress. That You never leave me alone. Thank you for carrying me and may you also carry my husband through this challenging time. I love you
Derek Hetherington 6 months ago - September 19, 2023 at 3:44 am
Very moving, and reassuring at this time of life I live on my own
Chad Griffin 6 months ago - September 15, 2023 at 8:32 am
This always brings tears to my eyes. I wish, and want to, be closer to Jesus. Lord, forgive me for all my sins and walk with me. I believe in you.
Zandra Crews 6 months ago - September 13, 2023 at 10:29 pm
Love this poem and always treasure these words.
Bettina Teets 7 months ago - September 10, 2023 at 2:42 am
I love this poem and it has gotten me through a lot of hard times. I can still remember my grandma having this poem framed hanging on her living room wall. and I know she would be so happy; that God allowed me to find it again.
Alica Kivi 7 months ago - August 29, 2023 at 3:58 pm
Ever since I was a little girl growing up this poem hung in our wall at home and during my hardest moments my eyes would always somehow lift up to see this poem and it ALWAYS made me feel like I was not alone and I was loved. Now at 41 and a mother of 4 myself I shared this with my children who also told me that during there hardest moments it too has helped them remember that they are so very loved and that God is always with them.
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sean 7 months ago - August 16, 2023 at 7:34 pm
one of the greatest poems and stand with Rudyard Kiplings ‘If’. It has lifted me many times when I have been down .
Michelange 7 months ago - August 14, 2023 at 9:14 am
I love this poem
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Elizabeth 8 months ago - July 20, 2023 at 11:44 am
Definitely needed this word
Wendyzacharias 9 months ago - July 4, 2023 at 12:30 am
Inspirational messages !
Teresa Demari 9 months ago - July 3, 2023 at 4:19 pm
beautiful poem
Ashley 9 months ago - June 27, 2023 at 8:54 am
This poem is one of the most true things, and there aren’t a lot of things that are true anymore. But this is completely true.
Kaida and Tatty 9 months ago - June 25, 2023 at 1:20 am
I am a little girl, and I was sick recently. I felt very sad, but when my dad read "Footprints in the sand" to me, I felt well again. Thank you Lord.
Graham 9 months ago - June 17, 2023 at 12:12 am
Hi, I had refreshed my understanding of this message from days gone! It reaffirms the reality of god being ever present! although this notion sadly isn't always a consideration
bob rapp 10 months ago - June 13, 2023 at 1:04 am
what a beautiful thought. bob
Ruth Anne 10 months ago - May 24, 2023 at 4:47 am
When I first got clean and sober I was working the first 3 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous with my sponsor. I learned that evening that it wasn’t God who turned away from me but rather I turned away. I had done a lot of terrible things while in my disease and was sure God didn’t love me because I was so bad. I learned all I needed was to turn around. In that room when I turned around I felt God’s warm embrace and the love and safety that showed me I had never been abandoned. I know some people who have scoffed at my experience but I wept that night while God held me. When I found the poem “footprints in the sand” I knew I didn’t get to where I was on my own two feet. God had carried me during many of those times. I have a copy I keep on my phone and framed on my wall in my home. If in my humanness if I forget it re-centers me and reminds me that I am not alone. I can’t imagine my life without God in it. Nor would I like to imagine or experience my life without God in it. I ask everyday what can I do to be of service to God. I am not a religious Bible thumper but I am spiritual.
Michael Fancolli 11 months ago - May 14, 2023 at 2:56 am
How come it doesn’t say at the bottom of the poem Artist unknown that’s the way I remember it from 40 years ago
John Evans 11 months ago - May 13, 2023 at 3:56 pm
Every time I read that poem it reminds me of my Lord and how much he loves me
Cindy 11 months ago - May 8, 2023 at 10:28 am
When our marriage ended after 30 years i fell apart. When i came back to my hometown I was alone but i felt like a presence was with me. A loving presence that cared for me.I know now that Jesus carried me through it all!
Gloria 11 months ago - April 27, 2023 at 11:55 pm
I ? LOVE YOU PAPA ; MAMA ; AND MY CHILDREN ? TO MY WHOLE BODY- MIND -HEART - SOUL +:TOTALLY WHOLESOME HERE WITH LOVE IS THE MEDICINE TO OUR HEART'S ? OK SOUNDS
Franca ese 11 months ago - April 22, 2023 at 12:33 am
This poem is really great, it’s touched my heart while reading it because severally, I have forgot to acknowledged him that I am always been carried by him
Crystal A. Rafayla 12 months ago - April 13, 2023 at 11:44 am
Managament
Juhi Prasad 1 year ago - March 25, 2023 at 3:30 pm
This is such a beautiful poem ... I liked that part the most when he looks behind and there's only one pair prints... And God says tha he had taken the man on his shoulders!
David Nichols 1 year ago - February 23, 2023 at 12:35 am
One of the most beautiful poems ever written. If this doesn't touch your heart maybe you need to check your pulse.
Jeannette Greer 1 year ago - February 8, 2023 at 6:15 pm
I was lost and broken all broken down down until I remembered this poem that hangs on my wall and I remembered who I was. A child of God and it was then, just like that I showed them exactly who I am! With God’s help, anything is possible if you believe in him and yourself. Hope floats! Thank you Jesus for loving a sinner like me and for giving me a second chance at living my dream and God given purpose and destiny for me to freedom road and redemption with grace, humility, with compassion and forgiveness of my enemies who mean me harm.
Jorja 1 year ago - January 27, 2023 at 1:09 am
I belive that God is always with us!
Ogiribo keffe 1 year ago - January 26, 2023 at 5:56 pm
Sometimes we got so carried away with the issue of life that we forget that God is actually with us
thorstein aanensen 1 year ago - January 15, 2023 at 4:28 am
Nydelig.
mvh.taa.
Bart D Furmanik 1 year ago - January 7, 2023 at 1:55 am
It's so true & many times I've been carried by Jesus, the one who loves me the most
Million Marshall Moyo 1 year ago - January 6, 2023 at 5:27 pm
That was beautiful.
Suzanne Cavanagh 1 year ago - January 6, 2023 at 4:39 pm
Was just walking along the beach yesterday with my partner at sunset and we had just reunited after our separation and I told him about the footprints ? verse but couldn’t quite remember all of it and it had such an impact on us that I would love to have a copy around our house to never forget the power of Jesus and his love and the day we reconnected thankfully Suzanne
Cherie Barnett 1 year ago - January 4, 2023 at 8:39 am
I absolutely love this poem. I’ve had so many many times in my life when my Lord carried me.
Shannon Biggar 1 year ago - December 31, 2022 at 6:08 pm
This is my favorite. I . I want the Lord to walk with me through my trials and tribulations in my darkest hours, and if that time should come, then I want to see one set of foot prints then I will know he carried me home. Thank you for this This moment in my life
Ava Johnson 1 year ago - December 22, 2022 at 1:52 pm
This poem is so meaningfull to me.
Teresa Coles 1 year ago - December 18, 2022 at 11:49 am
I would love to have one everyday and night I can read it to bless me every step of the way Amen