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Inspired
by the Footprints text and can be sung as a hymn to the
Irish
traditional tune ‘Londonderry Air’.
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
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