Golden Footprints

GOLDEN FOOTPRINTS

As I went out one wintry day
Into a brilliant orange sunrise
I saw before me on the way
Something glowing in the ice
O it had snowed an inch or so
The scene was something to behold
For where someone had gone before
Footprints now had turned to gold

As I walked on the road ahead
Where the snow had fallen down
I saw each step as a golden thread
The fields were dressed in pure white gowns
Who left these footprints in the snow
To shine on like a golden seam
Is there an earthly way to know
The inspiration to a dream

I thought about the frozen prints
That shone like gold in the morning sun
And it became quite evident
They could have been left by anyone
But who among us here today
Deserves to leave where we have trod
Golden footprints on the way
And lead us on our walk with God

How a Dog Helped me write a Song

This is a true story about a dog helped me write a song. In January of 2001 one we had a Spitz, (American Eskimo Dog) that my daughter rescued from the pound. It had not been treated well before ending up in the pound and was very difficult to manage, but we did the best we could. Of course I was the one who had to walk “Koby” every day.

So I was taking the dog for a walk at sunrise one winter day after a dusting of snow. As I turned the corner I was facing a beautiful orange sunrise. Someone had walked on the sidewalk before me, packing the snow with their steps. The rest of the snow had been blown away so that the footprints shone like gold. The image stuck in my mind, and I thought “Who deserves to leave Golden Footprints in the snow?” I soon had a song called Golden Footprints. If it hadn’t been for my American Eskimo barking at me to take him for a walk I never would have seen the footprints, and never would have written the song.

So this is how a dog helped me write a song…

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