Footprints

Jon and I recorded our own arrangement of Footprints. There are so many beautiful ones out there. As I was learning this song, I was reflecting on the famous footprints poem about a walk with God and the two sets of footprints. It helped me to make the decision to do a stripped down, intimate version. And shortly after I learned the tune and we were preparing to record it, A bird showed up around our house with a song that is the first 4 notes of the song. It comes around every morning and again at dinner time. we hear it singing everyday. You can hear it in the beginning and end of our video.

Footprints In The Sand

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed
he was walking along the beach with the LORD.
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene he noticed two sets of
footprints in the sand: one belonging
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 really 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 son, 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."