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| INSPIRED BY: "FOOTPRINTS" |
| It is inspired by the ‘Footprints’ text and can be read as a poem or sung as a hymn or an effective solo song to the Irish traditional tune ‘Londonderry Air’ aka ‘Danny Boy’. Upon the shore, I walked with Him at even And I looked back upon the path we’d trod And in the sand I traced our way at even And I was glad I’d walked through life with God: For side by side we’d journeyed through together All through the world’s wide wilderness of care And side by side we’d journeyed through to even Safe at his side the Lord my God had brought me here. But in my joy I caught a strain of sadness To give me pause when thinking of my way For on the shore I saw he’d left me lonely When I had most the need of him to stay: When I was tried he’d left me worn and wandering, He’d left me lone when I was fighting fears He’d let me tread the steepest slopes in solitude Before he came back to my side to dry my tears. But then the Lord drew near to me in comfort And in his tenderness he made it plain That in the times when dread and darkness threatened He was my shield and shelter from the pain: For on his shoulders he was gently bearing And on his shoulders I from harm was free: The single trace of footprints of the Master, The single trace of footprints shows he carried me. So on the shore I walk with Him at even I face the latter days of life secure, For if my pilgrimage reserves me sorrow The footprints show that He is strong and sure: If I am near the gates of heaven weary, No longer strong enough to stride alone The footprints show that he is there to carry me: The footprints show the Lord my God will bear me home. Copyright 2001 Robert Atkins; all rights reserved Contact: c/o M Phillips 24 Ty-Bryn Hill Abertillery Gwent NP13 1RR Great Britain |
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