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Footprints in the Sand

Literary Classic Poetry

Literary Classic Collectors Edition

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Author Nominated Best Poet This Book is Especially Dedicated to Humankind. The Footprints Literary Classic Collectors Edition contains Original Christian Poetry of God, the Special Collectors Edition of Footprints the Poem and the Original Footprints Poem. Eloquent Language Preludes the True Talent of its Original Authorship. Truly a Wonderful Gift for All to Enjoy!

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Jesus Christ is widely recognized as the greatest man who ever lived. He gave his life for us. Who was Jesus Christ the man? Why is it important that we remember him? There is exciting news for Christians who seek the true passion of Jesus Christ today. I truly hope this book helps create a better understanding for you of Jesus and his faith towards humankind. Today God calls the congregated of the world; Jesus Christ is the most widely celebrated person that ever lived; while many ponder his existence some may never truly know him. We are Gods people, so much like learning our own ancestry we can walk through his footprints in the sand. Just as we all think to ourselves who are we? Where have we come from? Where are we going? The prophecy of God has been unfolding for centuries.

Have you ever asked yourself who is God?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is?

Just as God is, so is Jesus Christ the only begotten son of God. He is relative to us as we are all relative to one another. As soon as we each realize that humankind can strive towards love and peace towards one another and abolish hopelessness, sorrow, poverty, sickness and greed only then can we fulfill Gods plan.

Why you ask should we do this? The answer is simple it would please God and it is the mere foundation of God for mankind. It is the foundation of Eternal Inheritance. There could not be a more perfect plan from God for man.

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Now Enoch was Noah’s Great Grandfather. Enoch was the only man God ever found to be a righteous man; Enoch was so righteous he was the only man to ever walk with God.

From Enoch to Noah to Abraham to Isaac this is our biblical and ancestral heritage of the blessed generation that strived to wash away sin by living and doing what is right towards God and society.

For the Lord said, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;”

Having faith brothers and sisters and boldness to enter a new and living way, which he has been consecrated for us, through the blood of Jesus, the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

Let us draw nearer with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts protected from any evil.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised ;)

When we follow Jesus in this walk of his footprints in the sand we can perfect our faith perhaps just as Enoch did with God and there will be cause for joy.

Cast not away your confidence, but have need of patience, to do the will of God, so that you can receive Gods promise.

For yet a little while, and he that shall come, will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draws back, his soul shall have no pleasure in him. For we are not of them who draw back but are of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

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A Special Note from the Author

Foundations Needed If you are a foundation in need of proceeds or know a worthy, Foundational Organizations please refer them. Portions of the proceeds from this collection will be distributed to verifiable and accredited organizations. Exclusive copyrights for reproduction are available. All are encouraged to apply for exclusive rights to reproduce any or all portions of this Literary Classic Collector’s Edition. Thank You. Philanthropist,

Carolyn Joyce Carty American Poet Laureate

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Original Poetry

A Child of Light A Trusted Fate Abraham An Empty Nest Author Unknown Behold My Heart Being Me Blank Pages Cherubim of Glory Faith Faithful Sheep First Fruits Footprints- The original poem Footprints- The Special Collectors Edition From Heaven We Are Born Gods Footprints & Each Other Glory, Glory, Glory

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Original Poetry Gods Armor Gods Greatest Love Good News His Cup His Rock His Southern Cross His Throne I Found Christ In Thy Name Iron Fist Let It Be Love In Return Mira Mustard & the Seed Oh Come Ye Little Children One Hope Ordained

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Original Poetry

Prudence Seek His Love Stumbled Upon Thy Word Testimony The Eagle & the Lady The Fruit of Experience The Living Word The Northern Cross The Resurrection The Sand & the Seas The Spirit of His Wings The Thirst of Christ Thou Art My Joy Truth without Iniquity Understanding from the Heart Upon Thy Holy Hill When He Was There

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My Poem, My Friend, Was My Gift My Contribution to Society,

My Contribution to Life Worthwhile!

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Author Unknown

From Footprints Special Collectors Edition

What is my name What shall I say to them

The Who I am

It is I Who say this Who Am I

To He Who it is

That sent me That is my name

Forever

Author Unknown

I had stretched out my hand And I wrote with all that is wondrous And when I go, you will not be empty,

You will believe on in me.

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A Trusted Fate


I trusted faith as you walked on by. A trusted fate you often wondered why.

When I showed you, the Who I am. You kept on wondering again and again.

I reached for the word from heaven above.

Trusting you, trusting love. Footprints on the sands of time

Knowing that, you were truly mine. Footprints, that I carried you. With a love, that’s O’ so true.

Now all you are longing is now known.

It is in the light of my eye. For those who sought my life.

Yes I am, like a man. I pray, who had a dream.

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Blank Pages

Prodigal Impressions of Authoress

In the blank pages Of my mind

I have yet to find The words

I truly want to say So with my paper I sit, as I ponder

Of the things I have yet to say

Expression Is not so much

What you put into words As our thoughts

Of course Must have the final say

To our words Which become written

Of the things we would write On blank pages

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Being Me


It is not the beauty Of your being

That has attracted Me to you

It is the depth Of your souls

The spirit Of your smile The tenderness In your touch

For when I closed my eyes I saw the universe

And when I opened them I saw love I saw love Being free

And totally in awe Of being me

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An Empty Nest

For the Love of Nature, From Footprints Special Collectors Edition

What is life

If there is no meaning Of the things we say

What is life When others simply

Pass you by each day What is life

Without giving If we don’t

Even try What is life

If there are no new beginnings And we decide

Not to fulfill its needs Life then becomes

An empty nest Emptiness that no one sees

So please find yourselves busily While Mother Nature

Sows her seeds

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Stumbled Upon Thy Word


If my word reached you not, Then have this understanding,

That I had stumbled upon thy word; Stumble not, for my words have not yet fallen.

“O Lord, your love binds me” If all I have said is truth,

Than truth shall reveal itself. Think not that I may say these

Words so one could say I praise you well. I only see the good in you.

I only speak to you in words That you yourself know in loving thought.

Wise men had come unto you to give you wisdom. I have come unto you to give you wisdom

And to walk in this wisdom also. For I had found truth for the remembrance of my father. Speak for the years that have been hidden in your face.

My longing of the Cloud, the depths of His dream. Who had Closed their eyes, for God is love

And Gods Love is everywhere.

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Understanding from the Heart


We may indeed hear and never understand. We may see and never perceive. For peoples hearts grow faint,

Their ears heavy with eyes closed.

Unless we perceive with our eyes and ears, Only then can we have understanding from the heart. I thank God always, because I hear the love & faith

That you have towards the Lord And I pray that the sharing of your faith

Promotes the love of Jesus Christ for God always

For we derive such comfort and joy, For loves sake, that love should always be given.

For our love towards each other should be so genuine.

And it shall be That our prayers are so answered

And our souls so saved By the Understanding from the Heart.

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A Child of Light


If you could be a child A child of light

You would encounter the sky Each day and each night

You could be the sun and the moon With God as your guardian As his love shines through

He would watch over you each day and night Guiding you with his Very light

Watching his every light shine through For a child he loves

With dreams that come true You are a child A child of light

With Gods love by your side Each day and each night

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Abraham


Could it be That we have lived

So long ago For we are the descendants

Of Abraham The faithful followers

Of righteousness By faith,

Through Isaac We were then named

Blessed to walk Generation

after generation To concur

And enforce justice

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The Eagle & the Lady


The gift, who are you, where have you come from,

Where are you going!

As a child, I was spiritually guided into this life. For only reasons my maker and myself can understand.

I have come from the unknown facets of the Footprints on the sands of time.

To me, the light of life, has been here before and Will be here again. Only to lead your spirit with

Understanding and contentment. The gift, my friend, Is a power unexplainable to most. For my spirit is of

A chosen one. Happy that I be a product of my maker.

As a girl, allow me to enchant you, with the beauty Of the light of my eye. For it is in the light of my eye The spirit of an eagle. For it is in the light of my eye,

That will allow you to find the mystery of Gods glory. Follow the light of love and it will be made known unto you

I am the Eagle & the Lady to carry you On the wings of time.

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Cherubim of Glory


A great quake set forth As it summoned him,

His guardian Cherubim of Glory, Over shadowed him Praising,

Saying, “Holy, Holy, Holy” “Thou art thy God”

“Thou art thy God alone” Of whom you were told Of these things of old To greet the perfector

Of your faith In Christ Jesus

With one foot love With one foot peace

And it is so That you may gather round

With him And all of whom

Are with him.”

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Gods Footprints & Each Other The other night I dreamed a vivid dream, Gods presence was in our life; our lives were so serene. While dreaming it depicted the both of us walking hand in hand through this life together. As we walked along the beach so very happily one day, I listened very carefully to the words God had to say. And in my dream, I dreamed God was there for us. I saw the scenes of our lives being together & sharing total trust. Noticing the troubled times that we did defeat, God kept us safe & warm keeping our lives complete. In times, we often saw ourselves and others filled with fear. And through those times God's face had shown, his love did appear. When it seems that, others had often turned away that they had not seemed to care. God often shed his grace on us calming all our tears. It is not hopelessness or sorrow, but total happiness, the gift God gave to us. For while noticing our footprints, God was pleased to follow us. And this is why I love you, as we walk along in this life together with God's footprints & each other. Together hand in hand we sharing our love, just as God had planned. Our one set of footprints, our footprints for each other, knowing we are there to celebrate our lives & love each day with one another. The Lord then reassuringly walked along with us, for the love of Our Father God the one we have come to trust.

May God Bless Your * Wedding version includes the text down the isle very happily on our wedding day*

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Behold My Heart

Nominated Best Poet From Footprints Special Collectors Edition

Behold my heart is like His wine

There is a God, the King of Water Who cleans His hands With thoughts so pure

That claimed my Heart

His Heart awoke within me Not by His tablet of stone

But on His tablet of my human heart And as He took this heart of mine He made my heart a heart of flesh

Then He raised my bones

Saying bone of bones, O dry bone I make all things within you new, sinew and flesh

From a heart of stone, to a heart of flesh Such is our confidence

That we may live through Christ And our love towards Our Heavenly Father

Beholding His Heavenly Heart

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Faith

Editors Choice Award, Footprints Special Collectors Edition

Pray for us For we trust

We have a good conscience In all things willing

To live honestly And love honestly That we may walk

Towards them that are without And that they may have

Lack of nothing For what is our hope

Our joy for others That the just do live by faith

And by believing in thee Believe in the saving of the soul And that faith is the substance

Of all things hoped for For what is our hope our joy

For the glory of the word of the Lord This day as it is each & every day

The Footprints of His Faith

Dedicated to Pope John Paul II

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Oh Come Ye Little Children


Oh come ye little children, children of the Band, The band of his soldiers,

The captain of his men.

Where I am going, truth, truth is marching, The truth is marching on. When you have sorrows

Keep believing in tomorrow. You can see my joy; yes, I am the way,

The truth, the life, the spirit of love In whom your world receives.

Onward little children, love is not gone.

Truth, truth is marching, the truth is marching on. When I will see you, again that’s

Where I am going. You can seek a new way, Just keep believing in the love you see.

To the band of his soldiers and the captain

Of his men, oh come ye little children How I found a friend in Jesus…

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Mustard & the Seed


I am the mustard A seed of faith

A camel that passed An eye, a needle

A beast of burden Who tried

I am the day

As I am the night I am the earth

As I am the light

I am the dust & hills The water of life

The wind that sails the breeze I am a life

A gift God made When God made

The seed

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Mira

Mirabile dictu From Footprints Special Collectors Edition

If in my eyes, you could only see

My eyes have seen the light

Essence of the world

Seen born of life

Seen born of love

If in my eyes, you should only see

An everlasting

Hallowed golden light of thee

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I Found Christ


Am I Eligible

To be Alone

In Life

Just Once

Once More

I Find Christ

Christ the Lord

Alone

Waiting

At My Door

Therefore, I Welcomed Him

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The Thirst of Christ


The salt of tears That fell upon thy cross As Christ lay left to die

To beckon the call of his life The tears rolled from his eyes

They pressed the river of his cheek No voice to yield his words

His lips to speak “To love one another”

No salt to his tear That left his eye

To quench his thirst As he lay to die

The water of life with price That pressed upon his lip

The thirst of Christ As he, lay left to rise From the salt of tears

Of sacrifice

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The Spirit of His Wings

“Give to the poor and thou shall have all the treasure of thee.”

For you see with man this seemed impossible, but with God all things are possible. And for anyone that had forsaken all things that are, to them, they shall inherit all things and to them it shall be given. For it is lawful for me to do with for what is mine. For many were truly called, yet only one is truly called and chosen. My life, yes my life is his ransom and my life, yes my life is yet his reward. Therefore he said unto me, “if ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do that which is told ye, ye shall do that which is done to the fig tree and to the olives and to the vineyards and that which is done to the mountains, as it shall be.” For all things, which ye ask of thee, should be in prayer. And for all things, which ye receive in prayer, are answered, received in prayer and then given. Neither have I told you by what authority I do these things. And neither I tell you by what authority I know these things. However, think what you may of a certain man. For my fathers voice woed unto me, and it woed wisdom. His image graved and silenced his words a sword. Their days are numbered said he and so it is that he said it with love. Therefore, so love, so love is still upon me and so it is the spirit of his wings.

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The Sand & the Seas


I found myself in the midst of God and all Of whom are with him. His guardian

Cherubim angel protecting the tree of life, With his brilliant sword swiftly

Moving in all direction.

Lest He put forth his hand, ye shall not Partake of the tree of life. Only those who Can announce it from these things of old

Can let it be told.

His love was as it was in the beginning. He is the Lord who has made all things.

Who stretched out the heavens alone, Who told this long ago. God is with you

There is no other, no other God besides him.

For God made ye and every living thing thereof; He made the sun and the moon,

He made the heavens and the earth And multiplied all of our descendants

As the stars of the heavens And as the sand and the seas.

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Dedicated to Ella H. Scharring-Hausen

Footprints Special Collectors Edition One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonging to him and the other to the Lord. When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times of his life. This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it. “Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you’d walk with me all the way, however I noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life there was only one set of footprints. I do not understand why, when I needed you most you would leave me. ” The Lord replied, “my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.” You may indeed hear and never understand. You may see and never perceive. For people’s hearts grow faint, their ears heavy with eyes closed. Unless we perceive with our eyes and ears, only then can we have understanding from the heart.

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I thank God always, because I hear the love & faith that you have towards the Lord. Moreover, as I pray that the sharing of your faith promotes the love of Christ for God always. For we derive such comfort and joy, for love’s sake, that love should always be given. For our love towards each other should be so genuine. And it shall be that our prayers are so answered and our souls so saved by the understanding from the heart. One night a man had a dream. The night then turned to day. With one-foot love, with one-foot peace, he then began to pray for the love of mankind to walk all the way for the grace of love & peace of the dear Lord Christ Jesus, to be with all men. And for all that is his love, only one can compare. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed his footprints in the sand, one belonging only to his footsteps and the other to his words. When the last scene of his life flashed before him, He looked back at his footprints. Noticing his first step as clearly with his last. He noticed that many times along the path of his life, there was only one set of footprints and they were his. He also noticed that it happened at the very joyous and happiest times of his life. He would later have no need to question the love he had. He had love with understanding in his heart unlike any other that might ever depart. Therefore, I told him, that I would carry him with all the love I could ever hold in my heart. In addition, that I would share that love with others always from the very start. That there would be no need of an explanation of who I am, because Gods Love is truly great to all who understand, his gift, of footprints in the sand.

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The Northern Cross


For he was drawn into the wilderness And sent the multitudes away. He went up

Upon a mountain, apart and there he prayed. And when the evening had come to pass, he Was there alone. Yeah, he did walk, that

His wings might be spread Upon the good Earth.

And for all that is done, that it be done in

His good name. And that your love be Peaceable and nurturing. O and that with all Your might, that your might, might turn him. He goes to the east and to the west, he goes To the north and to the south, and yes his

Love is always there. Therefore, find comfort One to another in these words. Hold fast to

That which is good, for the very God of Peace Is not the author of confusion, he guides

You with his every step, His northern cross.

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The Resurrection


When the storm passes proclaim the lightening Of his majesty. Breathe Gods sphere, breathe

And rest with reason. It is a dark cloud, That embraces a storm that lights the sky

With fury and only in darkness. This storm Cannot take part in the light of day. For in Light there is no fury. Behold that which I

Have seen. For God answers in the joy of his Heart. “He is every man according to his image In the chamber of his imagery.” Whose hand is To be laid upon you. Whose hand is to be your Honor. Are you not joyful to breathe to tremble. Who shall be mindful. Who wears the mark of

The King. For what is it to rise and cease Breathing. For what is it to die or to stand Alone in the wind. As His voice did weave His cloud, he lifted my eyes. His storm

Passed. “What thinketh thou that the King Of the earth did rise.”

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The Living Word


Nourish yourselves With cheerfulness

To let your love be genuine Is his wonder of faith

For by the grace of God

Who has given us This joy to speak

His inexpressible gift Of loving words

That he perfected

For we are measured By faith

To give God praise In the Living Word

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Testimony

Of the Living Word & Footprints Special Collectors Edition

O Lord, How long is it

That I have cried out for thee And for their testimony

Of your compassion With righteousness

That I could only finish For what was yet yours

With Gods plan And thou does save their souls For all the days of their lives These things I know and say

For these things you do A testimony only unto you In the name of Thy Father

The Holy Spirit The Lord is Savoir

Redeemer to Salvation

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Seek His Love


And for those who seek his love, some shall keep, Some shall find peace, some shall find shame, Some shall find contempt, some shall find an

Everlasting life and they that are wise Shall shine brightly.

For my fathers voice woed unto me, How long have ye wondered that the number Of his children be like the sands and the seas.

For there it was once said to those who are His people. And He said, to you who are Born of the mountain, He said pray to the Mountain. And to you who are born of the

Sea, He said pray to the sea. And to you who Are born of the tree of life, He said pray to Thee. And to you who are born of the light,

He said pray to the light. And if you may seek to gather light

Then let us be joined. For all living things have a purpose, but the Voice of the Lord whispers a song, his song, His word, the word of love, seeks his love.

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Prudence


Does not wisdom call, does not understanding Praise its voice, on the heights besides its

Waters. In the Lords path, I will take my Stand beside thee, his gate a part of me,

Beside him, side-by-side, I cried a loud woe. To my father and to you I called and my

Voice was to the Son of God and to the Son of Man. O dear one, walk with him, love prudence, for If I have been foolish, then I shall be wise.

For noble things were said and from my lips will Yield what is right. For I only utter truth, Wickedness will not yield my thoughts. All The words of my mouth are straight to him

Who understands and right to those who find His knowledge. Heed his knowledge rather than

To choose silver or gold. For wisdom is better Than to be a fool and for all that you desire

One cannot compare. The Lord desired wisdom With prudence and for that I found his knowledge.

Dear prudence walk with love walk with Him.

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Ordained

Of Footprints Authoress Anonymous

I have only been ordained In an ordinary sense Hoping that someday I might have earned

My doctorate of doctrine Things yet to be achieved

Therefore, I will live each day For the calling that I have

And in my own special way I will have shared

The things I prayed to say There is nothing ordinary

About life Often we find ourselves

In a world of constant strife So I thought I would make

The world a better place With prayers for all of us

With grace, peace and a mission

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One Hope


May you have the power to comprehend To know the love of knowledge That has been passed to you Just as you were truly called

To one hope.

For we are all members To one another.

Be wise so that you may walk In this love with one hope.

Surely, the world is worthy And full of acceptance

To keep alive and together That which is

The Footprints of God.

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Love in Return


God has always had his plan From the beginning of time

Until the end of man

There were lessons to be learned About Gods loves and love in return

For those who heard his voice not When the time did come

God suddenly forgot their names at all

For those who are his sheep God will gladly keep Your names written

Forever and ever In the hearts and minds Of others, gladly only To call you brothers

And sisters to one another

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Let It Be


Let it be to the Sons of Italy That your wisdom grows forever strong.

Let it be your hour of brightness As your love shadows over thee

Let it be that you may find Gods love

In your hours of need

Let it be the Blessed Mother Mary Whose eyes watched over me

Let it be to the sons and daughters

Whose hearts have yet to care

Let it be to those who love and to Those who know how to share

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Iron Fist


Woe unto them That decree

Unrighteous decree And that which

Write grievousness Which have been prescribed

To turn aside The needy

From judgment And that take away

The right From the poor

For all this There is anger

And it is not turned away His hand is stretched out still

God rules With an iron fist

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In Thy Name


There is so much good To be done in the world

If we could only Make that choice

To make the world A better place that is all

That I ask of thee And in thy name But who am I

And what is my name That we should be able

To offer willingly For all things come from thee

And of thy own We have been given

For are we strangers Before thee

And so journers As were our fathers Our Lord, Our God

Has provided us with thy house And in thy name

And from thy Holy name Comes from thy hand

And is all thy own And in thy name

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His Throne


The Lord is God God is with you

And there is no other No other God besides him

The zeal of the Lord of Host Does say this

He said “I the Lord The first and with the last

I am He,” As he sat upon his throne

And kept watch Over his kingdom

To establish And to uphold justice

With righteousness From this time forth

And forevermore

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His Southern Cross


Was it Gods mindfulness That he would choose

To place one Above the other

Reasoning his passion Sailing the Lords soul

Standing still its meaning

Mighty as he Who aimed then rose

What guarded his tomb His altar he received

His platform to the heavens Entombed then risen His Southern Cross

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His Rock


How long shall it be In the hearts of those that deceive.

For they have deceived their own hearts. Could anyone therefore hide himself. I think not and so say it is the word.

Think not that I have cause to forget their Names. For their names Will come to my dreams

In his words. Is not his word his rock.

That is his peace. For his vision was in giving to all nations.

And they that stand still might despise him, Yet he will have peace.

And for anyone that walks after his own Imagination of his own heart, There will stand a counselor

That had marked his words, his rock.

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His Cup


Ye shall indeed Drink of his cup

As to sit On the right side

Or to the left Is not mine

To say Is not mine

To give Yet it is Earned Of him

To whom It is given

Ye will in deeds Drink of his cup

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Gods Greatest Love


For the Lords love Has given me his deepest love

His love of the spring His trust in his love

His love and his thirst For this is a prayer

A prayer from my heart Of Gods greatest love God has assured me

There was no greater gift to mankind Than that which turns

All of his love into his fountains His waters of life and where ever I go

I find his living waters I thirst again

It is Gods greatest love That I would find his living waters,

for this, he blessed me, For this, he blessed me most

For he gave me so much And some knew him not well enough

To give him their awe There was knowledge beyond my needs,

Gods’ needs, His breath, His love, His heartbeat

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Good News


When I bring you good news

Or news of great joy For that which does come

For all people to see

So will the sword of his word That will pierce your very souls

That your thoughts Will be revealed

In his heart

And you child will be called First born

To guide them to their feet Into the way of peace

To fill their hearts

What can this be But the hand of the Lord

The Lord our God The Lord as one

A day God called the chosen

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Gods Armor


For he is the peace Who has made us whole Who abolished their faith

The law is the law One Lord, One Faith, One God Just as you were truly called

To bring hope to one in all For the Father from above

Is all in all Speak truth, put away falsehoods

Labor honestly with thy hands So that you may help those

Who are in need Be alive in him

Through every precious word Through your every precious deed

Remembering to conduct yourselves wisely Be gracious and in self control

Reach to all nations Believe on in the world

Take up his glory Hold on to the armor

That which is God

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From Heaven We Are Born


For straight is his path in all ways

That he has made ye Therefore I have told ye

That from heaven we are born And from the dust

We are brought To the sea

From the sea We are born To the sand

And from the sand To his breath

We are brought To our feet

To walk upon The good earth

Just as He From heaven we were born

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First Fruits


When the Lord created me in the beginning, It was one of his first acts of old.

He continually kept watch over me.

Ages ago, before the beginnings Of the good earth

When there were no depths I was then brought forth.

And when the springs

Had yet abound the waters Before the hills and mountains

Were yet formed, I was yet to be born I was then brought forth

Before he made the good earth With his fields, his first dust

Of the world and its first fruits

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Faithful Sheep


Faithful is he who calls upon you. Blessed is your soul to reach,

To touch the soul to one of Gods sheep.

For what man shall be among you that have one sheep! And if it falls into a pit, will he not lay hold on it to lift it out!

How much then is a man better than a sheep!

For what manner of a man is this, That he commanded even the wind

And the water and the seas And they obeyed him.

For he has the power to pick it up Just as he has the power to lay it back down again

What man shall be among you that have one Sheep!

How much then is a man better than a sheep! For he leaded me to his waters

And tempted me not And neither did he forsake me.

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Glory, Glory, Glory


His great quake set forth

And it called as it summoned him His guardian Cherubim of glory

Over shadowed him saying,

“Thou art thy God” Thou art thy God alone Of whom you were told To greet the perfector

Of your faith In the Lord Christ Jesus

With one foot love With one foot peace

And it is so

That you may gather round With him and all of whom

are with him, Glory, Glory, Glory.

Praise God, Praise Him, Amen

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Truth without Iniquity


So it is the inquiry, A man of the field or revelry

Given a prince, A birthright too,

Two manner of people. Separate,

Two nations born of thee So is a man a revelry Like a silent raindrop Or a shower in the rain

There will be my memories Shall my voice be still

My words shall drop as rain As my generation, as my grandfather

As my father before thee To remember mercy of thy people

Just and right are we always To find truth without iniquity

And so it is that I will love with greatness And you shall be my rock

A man of the field inherits a nation While an eagle stirreth up her flock

Truth will spread its wings.

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Upon Thy Holy Hill


Oh Lord place upon their face to shine And set aside their wings Incline their ears to hear And open up their eyes

Open up their hearts to sing

You will call them one by one Call them by their name

My love for you is still the same That I may carry them for you

Upon Thy Holy Hill

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Thou Art My Joy

From the Footprints Collectors Edition

Thou art my joy, My hope, my trust,

My youth Thou art you

Who brought me forth From my mothers womb

Oh, be not far from me with grace I will tell them

Of your righteous act Proclaim to them

Your wondrous deeds Blessed be your glorious name

Truly, God is good To those Pure of heart

May you be the rain itself That showers the waters

Upon the earth Deliver them that need

They will call upon your name Oppressed no more, but free

Thou art my hope, My trust, Thou art my joy,

My youth

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The Fruit of Experience

Of Robert Louis Scharring-Hausen The Historian Founding Father of Library Week May 1922

Oh You Who Seek Me

I Am the Fruit of Experience of Mankind Is Learning Dearly Taught

Seek Not the Treasures of My Libraries Seek My Thoughts

In Books One Talks of Wise Men In Life One Walks with Kings

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Footprints

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed He was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from His life. For each scene, He noticed two sets of footprints in the sand. One belonging to Him and the other to the Lord. When the last scene of His life flashed before Him, He looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of His life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times of His life. This really bothered Him and He questioned the Lord about it. “Lord you said that once I decided to follow you, you’d walk with me all the way. However, I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life there is only one set of footprints. I don’t understand why when I needed you most you would leave me.” The Lord replied, “My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you! During your times of trial and suffering when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.”

Anonymous Authors of a Contribution Carolyn Joyce Carty 1963

A Child Prodigy Robert Louis Scharring-Hausen 1963

Nature Columnist, Historic Founding Father of Library Week 1922 Ella H. Scharring-Hausen 1922-1963

Princeton Educator, Sunday School Teacher

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Title: Footprints Description: 8 Pages includes; 1 page poem, 7 pages Brief Biographical & Historical entries Claimant: Carolyn Joyce Carty Created: 1963 Registered: 24 February 1986 Title on © Application: Footprints in the Sand Author on © Application: Carolyn Joyce Carty Author of Anonymous Contribution

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A Special Thank You to All Who Love

The Footprints in the Sand Literary Classic Collector’s Edition

The truth is there is only one set of

Footprints the poem, Author Anonymous Version, often mistaken for Author Unknown.

The genuine version of Footprints is;

One night a man had a dream.

Others have claimed, One night I dreamed a dream. And One night I dreamed a dream

that I was walking are public domain versions.

Author Anonymous version by far has Become known as the more popular version

Is copyrighted intellectual property And is not public domain.

Copyright © Carolyn Joyce Carty

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Via Pulchritudinous Pope John Paul II began his talk by inviting "Christian people to live the just-begun Year of the Eucharist as an intense time of encounters with Christ, " calling it a time to "discover in this incomparable treasure that Jesus left us the joy and goodness of the loving presence of the Savior" and a time to "rediscover the meaning of Sunday and the need to make it holy, notably by regular participation in the sharing of faith" Calling the formation of future priests and ministers "a challenge" for all Churches, John Paul II encouraged seminary formatters "in their precious service" of seeing that seminaries "become the place of a serious discernment of vocations and an authentic community formation to the ministerial duties." He urged all to reevaluate the pastoral ministry for vocations and "to make it an essential concern for your churches." Care for your ministers in there spiritual lives, he exhorted, it gives them a solid foundation on which to build, especially "through assiduous prayer life and the sacraments of the Eucharist and Penance. ... Be close to them through welcoming, listening, and shared friendship so they do not feel isolated or misunderstood." The Pope then underlined the importance of having lay people with "a solid religious formation" whose presence and work in society, "in the presence of other religions and also with the activity of sects," to communicate the Christian message and encourage other Disciples of Christ to give witness to their faith. He added "enculturation of the Gospel message is a task of great importance, and said that "for people to progress peacefully inter-religious dialogue is also a necessity."

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The Holy Father dedicated closing remarks to the family and to young people. "Attention to families and to their harmonious development," he said, "is one of your pastoral priorities," especially because "societal evolutions today contribute to making family structures fragile." He asked the bishops to insist on "the value of marriage and the family in God's plan," stating that families "are the privileged place for forming young people and for transmitting moral and spiritual values." And, he said, "The human and spiritual formation of young people is urgent in order to respond to the challenges of witnessing to the Gospel today." "As the theme of the chapter says," Affirmed the Pope, "you must inspire in all your brethren & sisters true 'passion for the Church: God and our neighbors,' so that every community may enrich the local church and make the marvels of God visible 'with the eloquent language of a transfigured life, capable of amazing the world'." John Paul II emphasized that the challenge of consecrated life is "to make Christ present in the world through personal witness." To do so, he continued, "we can be inspired" by the Eucharist. "I reminded the entire Church," he concluded, "of the central and irreplaceable nature of the Eucharist in Christian life, in order be faithful to the vocation to sanctity. I remind you also now, as I am sure that, because of your contemplative Teresian tradition, you will understand very well and will make the Blessed Sacrament the pinnacle of spiritual life and an inspiration for every missionary and apostolic project. In effect, in the Blessed Sacrament we encounter Christ, and therefore, it is a privileged point of encounter for all souls in love with Him."

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Pope John Paul II called the theme of the year's meeting, Via Pulchritudinous. The ‘via pulchritudinous' a privileged itinerary for the encounter between the Christian faith and the cultures of our times." He underscored how the Church, over 2,000 years, "has traveled in many ways the paths of beauty" and has encouraged, inspired and accompanied art and artists in fields such as architecture, sculpture, painting, miniatures, musical works, literature and the theater. "Could mankind today," he asked, "enjoy such a vast artistic patrimony if the Christian community had not encouraged and supported the creativity of countless artists, proposing to them, as a model and source of inspiration, the beauty of Christ, the splendor of the Father?" He thanked artists for their work and encouraged them to help "promote a new Christian humanism" which could become "an itinerary of dialogue and peace among peoples." "The accord will therefore consolidate and amplify collaboration that has taken place for some time and is being conducted for the service of a better development of man and civil coexistence, in exploring the values of Christianity and western civilization."

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The Footprints of God I found myself in the midst of God and all of whom are with him. His guardian cherubim angel protecting the tree of life, with his brilliant sword swiftly moving in all directions. Lest He put forth his hand, ye shall not partake of the tree of life. Only those who can announce it from these things of old can let it be told. His love was as it was in the beginning. He is the Lord who has made all things, who stretched out the heavens alone, who told this long ago. God is with you, there is no other, no other God besides him. Who is like him, let him proclaim it, let him declare it and set it forth before him. Only those who can announce it from these things of old can let it be told. Lest he put forth his hand that ye shall partake of the tree of life, then and only then can you live forever. Who is like him, let him proclaim it, let him declare it and set forth before him. Let it be told, fear not, has he not told ye from of old, the gift of wings, the gift of the sand and the seas.

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The gift, who are you, where have you come from, where are you going. I am a writer’s inkhorn that stands beside the sea. As a child, I was spiritually guided into this life, for only reasons myself and my maker can understand. I have come from the unknown facets of the footprints on the sands of time. To me, the light of life has been here before and will be here again only lead your spirit with understanding and contentment. The spirit that dwells in me is of love and peace. My purpose was to grow and learn based on the light of love. I brought with me a gift. For my spirit was of a chosen one, happy that I be a product of my maker. As a girl, allow me to enchant you with the beauty of the light of my eye. For it is in the light of my eye that will allow you to find the mystery of Gods glory. Follow the light of love and it will be made known unto you.

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O Lord If I could give you the sun and the moon, would you seek the secret of my soul? For even a star could fall upon or rise beyond horizons. My words shall rise beyond my words. If I could be a star I would encounter the sky, but for the day that I have come to you, I seek not to be a star, I seek to be a child, a child, a light. So it is the inquiry, a man of the field or revelry. Given a Prince a birthright too, two manners of people, separate, two nations born of thee, so is a man; a revelry. Like a silent raindrop or a shower in the rain, there will be my memories, shall my voice be still, and my words shall drop as rain. As my generation, as my grandfather, as my father before thee, to remember mercy of thy people. Just and right are we all way to find truth without iniquity. And so it is that I will love with greatness and you shall be my rock. A man of the field inherits a nation, while and eagle stirreth up her flock youth will spread its wings. And I say that to you who are born of the mountains, I say pray to the mountain. And to you who are born to the seas, I say pray to the sea. And to you who are born to the tree of life, I say pray to thee. And to you who are born of the light, I say pray to his light. And if a day shall come to you that you may seek to gather his light then let us be joined. For all living things, have a purpose but the voice of the Lord and the wind whisper a song. His song, my word, his word, the word of love.

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O Lord Sometimes I dreamed such dreams, sometimes I desired such desires. Desires that I wished to share with you an uncommon love among most. The spirit of His Holy Host. For I would rather that I rise into a cloud than to be a star only to encounter the sky. For love is a rhythm that can always be counted. One can count the drops of water that can rise up and fall upon its shores. Encompass only what is felt in your heart. Perceive not to fulfill thyself, perceive enchantment, enchantment of his song. His song, a song as fast as the sea, remembering in your dreams, dreams that keep yourself with love. For it is not the beauty of your being that has attracted me to you. It is the depth of your soul. It is the depth of your eyes, your spirit and your smile. It is where you placed your kiss upon me when we first met. I closed my eyes, I cherish that moment, a moment in time, and I shall whisper the words he so dearly wished to hear. For when I closed my eyes, I saw the universe and when I opened them, I saw love. I saw love being free and totally in awe of being He. If my word reached, you not then have this understanding that I had stumbled upon thy word, stumble not for his words have not yet fallen.

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O Lord Oh, Lord your love binds me. If all I have said is truth than truth shall reveal itself. Think not that I say these words so one can say I praise you well. I only see the good in you. I only speak to you in words that you yourselves know in loving thought. Wise men had come unto you to give you wisdom. And I have come unto you to give you wisdom and to walk in this wisdom also. For I have found truth. It is the spirit of God the spirit of his love. It is the spirit of his guardian Cherubim of Wings. Hold my hand with might and envision in your heart understanding love. Do not judge by the sight of your eyes. Neither reproves the hearing of your ears for your thoughts shall be pure and the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon you. The spirit of His love and faith. The spirit of His wisdom and understanding. The spirit of His counsel, the spirit of His strength, his might. The spirit of this knowledge is the spirit of the Lord. By the strength of his hand, he had done these things and by the strength of my hand, I will show you these things. Moreover, by my strength, which is his wisdom, he has yet to gather all in the earth and yet there was only one that could move his wings. For His righteousness is written upon you and His faithfulness is upon you also. What man shall be among you that have one sheep! And if it falls into a pit, will he not lay hold on to it to lift it out! How much then is a man better than a sheep!

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For what manner of a man is this that he commanded, even the wind, the waters, the seas, and they obeyed him. For he has the power to pick it up and he has the power to lay it back down again. Let us then, go up at once and possess it, for we are well able to receive him. For he was drawn into the wilderness as He sent the multitudes away. He went up upon a mountain apart and there he prayed and the evening had come to pass and he was there alone. Yeah he did walk, that his wings might be spread upon the good earth and for all that is done that it be done in his good name. And that your love be peaceable and nurturing. O and that with all your might, that your might, might turn him. He goes to the east and to the west. He goes to the north and to the south and yes, his love, is always there. Therefore find comfort one to another in his words. Hold fast to that which is good. For the very God of Peace is not the author of confusion, he sanctifies you. Faithful is He that calleth you for some have departed in faith. Blessed are the eyes, which see these things that you may see. For it is a joyful thing to fall into the hands of the “Living God” and believe thee in ye for I am in all knowing. What man shall be among you that have one sheep! How much then is a man better than his sheep! For he leaded me to his waters & tempted me not and neither did he forsake me. For I am in remembrance, remembrance of Our Father. Speak for the years that have been hidden in your face. My longing of the cloud, the depth of the dream, who had closed their eyes for God, is Love.

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When the storm passes, Proclaim the lightening of His Majesty. Behold God is my salvation. I do trust and will not be afraid. He is my strength, my song. And His light shall be like a fire and His Holy One a flame. And it shall consume the glory of His tree of life. The fruitful fields of both body and soul. And the rest of the trees shall be few, that a child, his guardian Cherubim angel might write your name. And it shall come to pass that God’s seeds shall be mighty and shall stay upon the earth. The only one, the Holy One, a Truth, so it is the spirit of His wings. Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decree and that which write grievousness, which have been prescribed. To turn aside the needy from judgment and that take away the right from the poor. For all this, there is anger and it is not turned away, His hand is stretched out still. Praised and blessed is man that fears and delights greatly in Him. For his seas are mighty. The generation of the upright shall be blessed. And to the upright, there arises light in darkness for this He is gracious and full of compassion. His heart is established. He sees His desires, His righteousness endures forever. His Horn exalted with Honor. He is a glorious and shining light and we shall be willing for all seasons to rejoice in His light. There is another that bears witness of me and I know that the witness of me is true. For I receive not testimony from man for these things I say, that you might see and that you might be saved.

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Verily a time shall come to you that you may seek to hear the voice of the Son of God and the Son of Man. And they that hear shall live. Behold that which I have seen for God answers in the joy of His heart. For He is a God at hand and not a God far off. Behold He is against them that prophesy false dreams. For if, they had stood at his counsel they would have had cause to have heard these words. And they that stand still may despise me, yet I shall have peace. And for anyone that walks after his imagination of his own heart, there shall stand a counselor that has marked these words. Could anyone therefore hide himself! I think not and so say it is the word. How long shall it be in the hearts of the hands of those that deceive? For they have deceived their own hearts. Think not that I have cause to forget their names. For their names shall come to my dreams in His words. Is not my word his rock that is his peace? For the vision was in giving to all nations. As for His beauty, He is in Majesty every man according to his image in the chamber of His imagery. Yet I had sat weeping, my eye shall not spare nor have pity, though they cry in my ears that a voice will not hear them. I am a writer’s inkhorn that stands beside the sea. Let not an eye neither spare nor have pity for there appeared a form of a man that held the gift of wings. And everyone went straight way, everyone I did see. As for them whose heart walks after his heart, so the vision that I had seen went up from me and it was He who showed me these.

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And he said that I shall teach the difference between Holy and profane and cause them to discern for themselves. Blessed and Holy is He who enters into sanctity and there shall be his tablet to minister and to be ministered. And he said, “Sanctify Gods love for I am in remembrance of my Father.” How be it that He made known unto me this revelation. For the vision was of one man that lent not his wings to another. If my word reached you not, then have this understanding that I had stumbled upon thy word, stumble not for His words have not yet fallen. Whose hand is to be laid upon you! Whose hand is to be your Honor! Is a shepherd not joyful to breathe, to tremble! Who shall be mindful! Who shall wear the mark of a King! For what is it to rise and cease breathing! For what is it to die or to stand alone in the wind! For the voice that weaved this cloud shall lift its voice. Your eyes, your eyes will see. Your ears, your ears will hear. Your heart, your heart will be one with your mind in awe of loving you forevermore. Tell this vision to all mankind because of your belief, he said unto me to tell thee. “If ye only have faith as once was said to the mountain and nothing shall be impossible to thee.” What thinketh thou that the King of the earth does rise! Then and only then you shall be free. Trust that your face beholds thy Father for He had come to save the world that which had been lost.

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And He said unto me, “If two or more of you shall gather together for anything that they shall ask, to them it shall be given.” As for men that could not receive this saying, “Save they to whom it was given.” For there are those who are born of Enoch’s, which have made themselves receivers of His Kingdom. As for Him who is able to receive, let Him receive. For there is only one God that calleth you good. And as His voice whispered in the wind, he said unto me, “If it be thy will enter into life and keep thy commandments, give to the poor and thou shall have all the treasures of thee.” For you see with man this seemed impossible, but with God all things are possible and for anyone that had forsaken all things that are they, they that are shall inherit all things. “For it is lawful for me to do with for what is mine.” For many were truly called, yet only one is truly called and chosen. Ye shall indeed drink of His cup as to sit on the left side or to the right is not mine to say, it is not mine to give, yet it is earned of him to whom you truly have ministered. And it is given that who-so-ever be chieftain among you; he shall surely be thy servant, of perseverance. Therefore, He said unto me, “If ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do that which is told ye, ye shall do that which is done to the fig tree and to the olives and to the vineyard and also that which is done to the mountain as it shall be.” For all things which ye ask of are in prayer and for all things which ye receive are answered and received in prayer and then given. Neither have I told you by what authority I know these things.

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Neither I tell you by what authority I do these things, but think what you may of a certain man. I am a writer’s inkhorn that stands besides the sea. How long have ye wondered that the number of his children be like the sand and the sea. For there it was once said to those that are his people. And for those who seek, some shall keep, some shall find peace, some shall find shame, some shall find contempt, some shall find an everlasting life and they that are wise shall shine brightly. For my Fathers voice woed unto me, and it woed wisdom. His image graved and silenced, his words a sword! Their days are numbered said He and so it is that He said it with Love. O Lord, O Love, so love is still upon me and so is the spirit of His wings that He might carry you. Does not wisdom call, does not understanding praise His voice on the heights besides His waters. In the Lords path, I took my stand beside thee. His gate a part of me, beside Him side by side, I cried aloud woe. To my Father and to you I called and my voice was to the Son of God. O dear ones, walk with love, walk with Him, and love prudence. For if, I have been foolish, and then I shall be wise. For noble things were said and from my lips will yield what is right. For I only uttered truth and wickedness will not yield my thoughts. For all the words of His sword are righteous. They are all straight to him who understands and right to those who find His knowledge.

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Heed His knowledge rather than to chose silver or gold. For wisdom is better than to be a fool. And not all that you desire can compare. For the Lord Desires wisdom with prudence and for that I found His knowledge. For fear of the Lord, pride and arrogance are the ways that pervert speech. He held counsel for wisdom. He held insight for strength. For Kings have reigned by them and rulers do decreed what is just. A Prince who rules among nobles are they who truly govern and they that walk amongst us, so say it is the word. Sow it to those who sayeth the Lord in the name of Christ Jesus. He only loves those who love him. And for those who sought Him diligently found Him. From when the heavens were made, he was there. And when he drew a circle on the face of the deep, even as he made the skies as the foundations of the deep had been established he was there. And as he assigned the seas to its limits so that the water might not transgress His commandments it is then that we were then marked out of the very foundations of the heavens to the good earth. It was then that I was beside Him, a Prince among the sand and the sea. Daily I walked in His light, rejoicing and delighting with him always, rejoicing and delighting for mankind. So to the Son of God and to the Sons of Man hear my voice, listen to me, for his will is our will. For happy are those who keep His ways. For His fruits are better than gold.

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He walked in the path of righteousness. He walked in the path of justices. He had endowed me with wealth and for those who truly loved Him. He had fulfilled the treasures for your hearts and your minds and for your souls. When the Lord had created me in the beginning, it was one of his first acts of old. He continually kept watch over me. Ages ago, before the beginnings of the good earth, when there were no depths, I was then brought forth. And when the springs had yet abound His waters, before the hills and the mountains were yet formed, I was yet to be born. I was then brought forth, before he made the earth with His fields, His first dust of the world and His first fruits. I took heed to his instructions to be wise, not to neglect myself. Happy is man who may listen. He will take watch daily over his gate. He will wait beside his door. And for those who seek him they will find him they will find life, they will find his love. By that, you will obtain true favor of the Lord. Only He who misses him may endure. And for all that is his love one cannot compare. Trusts in the Lord with all your heart, in all ways, always acknowledge Him. For straight is His path in all ways that He has made ye. Therefore, I have told ye. That from heaven we are born and from the dust we are brought to the sea. And from the sea, we are born to the sand and from the sand to His breath; we are brought to His feet. And as He walked upon the good earth, so shall we. How long have ye wondered that the number of His children be like the sand and the sea. And in his own voice that He had made Himself known, now all your longing is now known.

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My sighs are hidden not, yes I pray, I am like a man, it is He who had a dream. And in the name of the dear Lord certain is His dream.

Pray for them, for they shall trust, That they shall have a good conscience in all things willing

To live and love honestly and that they may walk towards them Towards those that are without,

And that they may have Lack of nothing. For what is the hope,

Our joy for others that the just Do live by faith. And by believing in He,

Believe in the saving of the soul. For what is your hope, Your joy for others

That faith is the substance Of all things hoped for. For what is the hope, the joy

For the glory of the word of the Lord, This day as it is each and every day

The Footprints of His faith. For it was written upon Him in the name of the Father from above for all man “to see the fellowship of mankind”. It was His song of the night of the sand and the sea. For was it not written upon the tablets of your hearts that through Him man shall be forever upright.

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And for those who inhabit the earth that all humankind shall be forever upright and all men of integrity will remain in it. How long dear Lord that it is that I have cried out for thee. For He had worked a Foot in your day that you should believe on, and it is this, these are the true footprints of His eternal inheritance. For He was a Lamb, and the first-born was to guide them to their feet, into the way of Peace, to fill the tablets of your hearts. So say ye, fill the tablets of His heart. Let no man go unadorned by Him. One cannot trodden His city that is built which has the foundations whose builder and maker is God. While looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfector of all faith, who for the very joy that was set forth before him, endured. For it is He, who is seated at the right hand of God. A great quake set forth and it summoned Him, His guardian Cherubim of Glory over shadowed Him praising and sayings,

“Thou art thy God, Thou art thy God alone Of whom you were told of these things of old To greet the perfector of your faith in Christ Jesus With one foot love and with one foot peace.” And it is so that you may gather round with Him and all of whom that are with Him.

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O Lord Place upon their face to shine and set aside their wings, incline their ears to hear and open up their eyes, open up their hearts to sing. You will call them one by one. Call them by their name. My love for you is still the same, that I might carry them for you up on thy Holy Hill. What is my name! What shall I say to them, the Who I am. It is I, who say this, who am I to He, who it is, that sent me, .that is my name forever. I am His child, a child of God. I had stretched out my hand and I wrote with all that is wondrous. And wherever I go, you shall not be empty, you will believe on in me. The Lord is God, God is with you and there is no other, no other God beside Him. The zeal of the Lord of Host did say this. He said, “I the Lord the first and with the last I am He” and as He sat upon His throne and kept watch over His Kingdom to establish and uphold it with justice and righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. One cannot eat of the Tree of Knowledge, for when ye take part of that which is both good and evil, in that day that you eat of it surely you will die. However, when man washes clean His heart, man becomes like one unto Him knowing the difference of good and evil. Lest He put forth His hand only and take part with one-foot love and the other peace and takes part only in that which is good, then and only then can ye take part also of the tree of life, the true footprints of his eternal inheritance.

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For having endured in faith and love and by asking in forgiveness in the name of the dear Lord, that Ye may receive of the Tree of Life and does eat so that you may live forever and ever and evermore. For every man that shall sit under his tree, none shall make you afraid. For the Lord of Host has spoken for all who walk in His name. There is no end of treasure or wealth of every precious thing, Abide by Him that He may carry you upon His precious wings. One night a man had a dream, the night then turned to day. With one-foot love with one-foot peace, he then began to pray for the love of mankind to walk all the way for the grace of love and peace of the dear Lord Christ Jesus to be with all men. And for all that is His love, only one can compare. For His sword passes quickly and moves swiftly, moving in all directions, remembering these things of old. Who has stretched out his hand alone and wrote with all that is wondrous. He is the Lord who has made all things, who stretched out the heavens above. Who is like Him, Let him Proclaim it, Let him declare it and set forth before Him. Let it be told, fear not, has he not told ye from of old, the gift of wings, the gifts of the sand and the sea. When I bring you good news or news of great joy for that which does come for all people to see, so will the sword of His word that will pierce your very soul, that your thoughts will be revealed in His heart. And you will be called first-born to guide them to their feet into the way of Peace to fill their hearts. For the hand of the Lord was upon me. The Lord our God, the Lord as one, a day God called the chosen.

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For it He, who is the Prince of Peace, who makes us whole. Who abolished their faith, the law is the law. One Lord, One Faith, One God. Just as you were truly called, to bring hope to one in all. Speak truth, put away falsehoods. Labor honestly with your hands so that you may be able to help those in need. Be alive in Him through your every precious word and your every precious deed conducting oneself wisely. Be gracious and in self-control. Reach to all nations. Believe on in the word and the world. Hold on the armor that which is God. May you have the power to comprehend to know the love of knowledge that has been passed to you, just as you were truly called to one hope, for we are all members of one another! Be wise walk in love. Surely, the world is worthy and full of acceptance to keep alive and together the Footprints of God. God made ye and every living thing thereof. He made the sun and the moon. He made the heavens and the earth and all that are in it. Glory is to God. For God blesses you, as I do also, for does thou know from whence they came, indeed you do. For God blessed you and me and multiplied all of our descendants as the stars of the heavens and as the sand of the sea. Take my hand, take his wings. Footprints in the sand and the sea, Footprints in the sand from my hand, take his wings. For long life is in my right hand and in my left is Honor. “May all your ways be in pleasantness and all your paths always peace.” Written by Carolyn Joyce Carty, a Child Prodigy

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Who were Author Anonymous Most Famous Unknown Authors who wrote the poem Footprints? Ella H. Scharring-Hausen, Educator and Sunday School Teacher wrote the Footprints in the Sand poem June 6, 1922.

Its first line read; one night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Ella H. Scharring-Hausens poem is now public domain property according to the copyright law of 1909. The Footprints in the Sand poem was later rewritten with permission of its owner in April Passion Week 1963 by Ella H. Scharring-Hausens great grandniece, Carolyn Joyce Carty a six year old. The Footprints poem famous first line then became, One night a man had a dream. This first line was written by Robert Louis Scharring-Hausen, writer, editor, author, nature columnist and Founding Father of Library Week.

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Carolyn Joyce Carty revised the complete text into its present form, which has become known as the more popular version of the Footprints poem. The original Footprints in the Sand poem was handwritten by Ella in 1922 at the age of 28. The rewritten version of Footprints poem was then written on an old Remington typewriter, in the living room parlor on a roll top desk of one of Hopewell’s finest Historical Homes located on Moore’s Mill Road in Hopewell, New Jersey. Written by the six-year old child prodigy who could read and write well at the age of four. Written by Carolyn Joyce Carty, Carolyn was often called Carrie Jo which was a derivative of her given name. The word Carrie was then underlined in the original poem and was used as her anonymous signature. The Historical Home belonged to Robert Louis & Ella H. Scharring-Hausen. Ella Scharring-Hausen taught in Princeton. Robert Louis Scharring-Hausen was a nature columnist and wrote for the Trenton Sun Times. Robert & Ella Scharring-Hausen were neighbors and friends of other Historians such as Charles & Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the Schwarzkopf’s and the Guttenberg’s all of Hopewell, New Jersey. The Scharring-Hausens often entertained quest from Princeton such as Albert Einstein, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and Dr. Linus Pauling all Nobel hopefuls.

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The Scharring-Hausens & a group called The Roundabouts helped found and erect the Hopewell Museum and Library in Hopewell, New Jersey.

Hopewell Museum Hopewell Library These individuals were Philanthropist and were the first group of people in the U. S. Nation to form Library Week, the third week of May in 1922. A play called “Help Hopewell Honor Her Hero” was written. The play was based on The Founding Father of the U.S. Nation George Washington, crossing the Delaware River written by Robert Louis Scharring-Hausen. The proceeds from the Play were used to establish the Hopewell Museum in Honor of the Late Sarah D. Stout. The collection of fine antiques, were then displayed, at the Museum, which remains today. All three individual names appear on the copyrights of Footprints also known as Footprints in the Sand. They are authors Robert Louis Scharring-Hausen, Carolyn Joyce Carty & Ella H Scharring- Hausen.

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Its authorship listed as an Anonymous Contribution to Society. Footprints were copyrighted in the He and I text. No other author’s text supports or substantiates any other version of copyright or use. Although many have claimed to write Footprints the poem for personal gain or notoriety, none can compare with the original collection written in 1963 while each author remained alive. Robert Louis Scharring-Hausens writings are preserved in archives; some remain at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Scholarships for journalism were founded to Rutgers University upon the passing of Ella H. Scharring-Hausen in 1984. Carolyn Joyce Carty, (Carrie) is currently in publishing still sharing her writings with humankind and Christian Organizations. The Footprints of God is the short story that belongs to the poem Footprints. The Short Story written by Carolyn Joyce Carty was solely based from Bible Lesson Teachings that Ella H. Scharring-Hausens often shared with her Sunday school students. All poetry was written based on Bible verses & text to promote faith towards humankind without solace to promote any individual or denominational preferences. All Faiths are encouraged to share these universal thoughts, its unity of love & peace. Carolyn Joyce Carty received Editor’s Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry, for her poems titled Faith & The Thirst of Christ. This author was recently nominated Best Poet for her poems titled Faith & Behold My Heart. Carolyn Joyce Carty would most like to be remembered as a Passion Writer and the Youngest Philanthropist there has ever been.

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Enjoy Gods gift of faith!

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