During the 1980’s, when I was around eleven or twelve years old, there was a Christian bookstore that opened up around the corner from where I lived.
At this store, my mother and I would pick out and purchase hand crafted religious plaques.
We bought a large-size, dark wood carving, scripted and pictured with the beauty of the sky, ocean, and sand, adorning the words of the timeless “Footprints” inspirational.
The Footprints poem, is one of the most wonderful reminders of the comfort we receive from the Lord within the certain times we may not feel he is around us.
There were a few other religious plaques that had caught our attention and spoke to our hearts, but one that I remember buying in particular was a favorite of mine.
I purchased this lovely plaque when I was about fourteen. I had bought two of them, one for myself, and one as a gift for someone else.
Over a decade later, I ran into…
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