Did you know the story behind the creation of the poem "FOOTPRINTS". The poem has touched the hearts of millions of people around the world. But not many people know who the author of the rhyme. Also not many people know what the background of the birth of the rhyme. Moreover not many people know that the poem titled "Impressions" (original: "Footprints") is actually the fruit of the pen on an evening date at the lake.
Author poem is Margaret Fishback, a Christian elementary school teacher for Indian children in Canada. Margaret is very short and small for the size of Canada. Her height is only 147 cm. She was slender and smooth face like a child. Therefore, although he has grown and has become the teacher he was often given a ticket for the kids when standing in front of the window or if a bus. Margaret was raised in a family atmosphere of warm and loving.
But there are some bitter events in his childhood memories. The first was his experience when he became a pupil of primary school classes. He has bad memories of his teacher. Margaret accented Germany because his father came from Germany. Then every time Margaret pronounce an English word with a German accent, her fingers immediately struck by his teacher with a wooden stick. Every day your fingers Margaret reddish bruises. "Do not talk with the German accent. Use the correct accent, if not ...! "
That threat and anger are heard Margaret every day. And she was really scared. "Every day I go to school haunted by fear. I wonder why I get yelled at. What did I do? What is wrong with people speaking German accent? Only later on I knew that at that time ongoing World War II, so that the Germans hated the U.S. and Canada, "said Margaret recalls his childhood.
Other memories to remember Margaret is about two female friends in his class. "I'm familiar with all my friends and they like to play with me, except for two female friends who happened to big.
The two friends often tease me. Luckily there was a male friend who always protect me. But one day a male friend did not go to school. Then the two friends are big girls were dropped me and sat on my stomach while tickling me. I'm out of breath. Luckily there was suddenly a pass, so I removed. I immediately ran scared until I fell and fainted.
For several days I was sick. But worse, for a few months I was terrified, "recalled Margaret. Also of his adult life Margaret had a frightening experience. On a bad day and the weather, when he was teaching in the classroom, suddenly opened the window and the lightning struck Margaret's body. He fell on the floor bouncing. After being treated in hospital, she still suffered from an incurable disease.
Nervous disorder, so he often quivered. It's not impossible that all the bad experiences helped paint the birth of the poem "Impression", which was authored by Margaret when she already has a fiancee named Paul. That day Margaret and Paul went to a camp north of Toronto to lead the retreat. Along the way, they passed a beautiful Echo Lake.
"Let's walk on the beach," says Margaret.
With their spirit shoes off and walk hand in hand on beach sand. When they returned and walked toward their car, they clearly recognize the two sets of footprints they dipasir beach. But in certain places water waves have removed one pair of tracks. "Hey Paul, look, lost my trail,"
exclaimed Margaret.
"Is that probably will happen in the dreams of our wedding? All of our ideals may be the wave of water swept away, "whispered Margaret.
"Do not think so," protested Paul.
"I even saw a beautiful symbol. After we married, which was originally two will
become one. Look at that, where our footprints there was a full two pairs. "
They walked on. "Paul, look, here my tracks gone again."
Paul looked at Margaret with a sharp, "Margie's our way of life preserved God. At the time that is difficult, when we ourselves can not walk, then God will lift us. Like this ... "
Then Paul lifted Margaret who was small and light it and twirling it.
That night they arrive at the retreat, Margaret who is the author's longtime pen and poured his experience had inspired the beach. Sentence by sentence flow. Dicoretnya a sentence, another reversal of the sentence. He thinks, writes, pensive, strike, writing another, more pensive, strike again ... as if dreaming, in his imagination he was walking with the Lord Jesus on the beach. When he walked back he saw two sets of footprints, one pair of his own tracks and one pair of trail Lord. But ... and so on. Margaret saw the bell. 3 o'clock in the morning!
Quickly completed his writings, and he slept.
The next day, so get up, he immediately re-reading his writings. Ah, no title. Margaret thought a moment and then put the title "I'm Dreaming". He changed some words and sentences. And so was born the poem we now know with the title "Impressions".
On that day in worship, the poem was read out Paul. Paul said, "... there are times where we feel as if God left us. Calamity befall us and our way of life so difficult. We ask why God does not help us. Actually God is helping us. God is lifted us. "Then Paul read a poem by Margaret:
One night I Dreamed a Dream. 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 belong to me and one to my Lord. When the last scene of my life shot before me, I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
There was only one set of footprints. I realized that this was the lowest and the saddest times of my life. This always bothered me and I questioned the Lord about my dilemma.
"Lord, You told me when I Decided to follow, You would walk and talk with me all the way.
But I'm aware that during the most Troublesome times of my life, There is only one set of footprints.
I just do not understand why, when I need You most, You 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. "
All the retreat participants sat there to hear it. They listened thoughtfully meanings contained the depth of the rhyme. Even now, each person lost in thought every time to read the rhyme. The poem invites us to trace the journey of our lives. In the journey of our feet and feet of Jesus alongside imprint. But at the moment in which tragedy happen and travel became difficult and dangerous, it seemed only the feet of God. Our feet are not visible, but God's feet with a clear imprint.
Where our feet? Our feet are not there, because at times like that we were picked up and carried God.
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Psalm 37
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23: The LORD set of measures whose life pleasing to Him;
24: if he fell, not to lie, because the LORD sustains his hand.
25: Once I was young, now grown old, but never seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging bread;
26: every day he took pity and gave loans, and their offspring into a blessing.
27: Stay away from evil and do good, then you will remain forever;
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