대학교때 이 시를 발견하고 얼마나 감격했는지 모른다.
그런데 신기한건…
막상 주님께서 동행하고 계시지 않는다고 느낄때는 이 시가 전혀 감동적이지 않다.
그 과정을 끝나고 나서야 비로소 이 시가 가슴에 다가오곤 한다.
깜깜하거나 답답할때는 그냥 그런것이 아닌가 싶다.
그냥 그렇게 주님께서 잘 보이지 않는 그 기간을 피할수는 없는 것 같다.
One night I dreamed a dream.
As 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 belonging to me and one to my Lord.
After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.
This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
“Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You’d walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don’t understand why, when I needed You the most, You would 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.”