在我的生命中最困難的時候我在無意中發現這本書-腳印。
It was during the most difficult time of my life. One day I was putting recycle items at the book bank, a book was left out on the floor, so I picked it up, saw the title of the book, open the first page, was this conversation, I read it, and my heart was warming up, tears rolling down my face, I looked at my family and I had known I wasn't all along, He was there, and I will get through. I had learnt that when one door shot in front of you there always has another door behind waiting to be open, it is up to you to wonder around or step in and moving forward.
那天已分居的前夫開車載我跟兒子們去資源回收站丟一些玻璃瓶和紙類的東西，就在廢紙箱的地上，一本書躺在那裡，前夫拿起來給我，我們翻開第一頁一起讀，讀完，我的眼眶蓄滿淚水但心裡漸漸暖起來，肩頭開始鬆卸，看著兒子們，知道一直支持我的力量是他們，我的守護神給我的小天使！而站在身邊傷害我的人卻也同時是最好的朋友！還有比姊妹還親近的 Julie，談心的對象，孩子們心中的英國阿姨！遠在台灣的芳姊不管多晚總是會在電話那端聽著，我並沒有被遺棄，只是一時眼花心亂看不清。
不管這本書是無意還是有意的放在那裡等我，神的安排、善心人的分享，我都全心的感謝！
擦乾眼淚，我決定走出自憐自憫，接受已經改變的事實，走向我的新生活！
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FOOTPRINTS
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 belonging 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 and to my surprise,
I noticed that many times along the path of my life there was only one set of footprints.
I realized that this was at the lowest and 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,
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 don't understand why, when I needed You most, You leave my."
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"
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以下是 我作的footprints翻譯
一晚我做了一個夢，我跟我的天神一起走在沙灘上，
我的一生在黑暗的夜空裡顯現。
在每一場景裡，我注意到兩雙腳印在沙灘上，
一雙是我的、另一雙則是我的天神的，
當最後的場景投射在我眼前時，
我回頭看沙灘上的腳印，
很驚訝的，
我發現在很多的人生的過程中，
沙灘上只有一雙腳印，
我知道那些是我最低落、悲傷的時候。
這困擾我，所以我詢問天神關於我的困境。
“天神啊，當我決定跟隨祢時，
祢告訴我祢會一路陪我說話跟我同行。
但是我發覺在我人生最困難的時期只有一雙腳印，
我不懂，
為什麼在我最須要祢的時候，祢離開我。"
祂輕聲的耳語
“我寶貴的孩子，我愛妳，永遠永遠也不會離棄妳的，
甚至在妳經歷考驗的時候。
妳看到的那獨自的一雙腳印，那是我正背負著妳的時候。“
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原作者和出版社及出版日期
Copyright: 1964 by Margaret Fishback Powers
Publisher: Zondervan
