Does anyone know about the provenance of the story called something like, "Footsteps in the Sand"?
It was recently cited as a Chassidic tale, but I thought it was originally of Christian origin. Briefly, the story goes something like this: At the end of his life, a man saw how he walked with G-d throughout his years, evidenced by two sets of footprints in the sand. But as the tracks continued tracing the whole course of his life, at the most difficult periods in his life, he only saw one set of footprints. The man asked G-d, "Why in the most difficult parts of my life, did you not walk with me?" G-d responded, "There are only one set of footprints there, because those are the times in your life that I carried you." Thanks. -Stanley Nachamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. I am looking for a new job in authority control and/or cataloging in a library or research instituion in the greater New York City area. As part of my M.L.S., I've had special training in Hebraica/Judaica cataloging, and in music cataloging. If you have any leads, please let me know. Thanks again. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
