Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Butt prints in the sand

One night I had a wondrous dream,
One set of footprints there was seen,
The footprints of my precious Lord,
But mine were not along the shore.
But then some stranger prints appeared,
And I asked the Lord,
“What have we here?”
Those prints are large and round and neat,
But Lord, they are too big for yours or my feet.
My child, He said in somber tone,
For miles I carried you alone.
I challenged you to walk in faith,
But you refused and made me wait.
You disobeyed, you would not grow,
The walk of faith, you would not know.
So I got tired, I got fed up,
And there I dropped you, on your butt.
Because in life, there comes a time,
When one must fight and one must climb.
When one must rise and one must stand,
Or leave their butt prints in the sand.

-- Author unknown (via Chris)

A humourous (but sobering) twist to the famous "Footprints in the Sand." :)

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

You know, I don't really know what to say about this post other than if God weren't God, He would probably feel like dropping us on our butts and leaving us there. Very thought provoking.

Sun Oct 02, 06:03:00 am  
Blogger Laughingcow said...

I know. I can think of many occasions that I deserve to be dropped on the butt. ;)

Sat Oct 08, 11:31:00 pm  
Blogger Lion of Worship said...

Isn't it wonderful though how God just won't leave us where we are. He will wait there until we are willing to be carried by him or walk with him again.

Very cute poem. I like the twist!

Mon Oct 10, 04:56:00 am  
Blogger Laughingcow said...

Isn't it wonderful though how God just won't leave us where we are. He will wait there until we are willing to be carried by him or walk with him again.

Amen to that. :)

Mon Oct 10, 05:05:00 am  

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