Abraham Journeyed to a New Country

Abraham jour­neyed to a new coun­try;

Sarah went with him

jour­ney­ing too.

Slaves down in Egypt fled Pha­raoh’s ar­my;

Ruth left the home and peo­ple she knew.

Mary and Jo­seph feared Her­od’s or­der;

Soldiers were com­ing! They had to flee.

Taking young Je­sus

they crossed the bor­der;

So was our Lord a young re­fu­gee.

Some heard the pro­mise—

God’s hand would bless them!

Some fled from hun­ger

fa­mine and pain.

Some left a place where oth­ers op­pressed them;

All trust­ed God and start­ed again.

Did they know hard­ship? Did they know dang­er?

Who shared a home or gave them some bread?

Who reached a hand to wel­come the strang­er?

Who saw their fear and gave hope in­stead?

God

our own fa­mi­lies came here from far lands;

We have been strang­ers

ali­ens too.

May we reach out and of­fer a wel­come

As we have all been wel­comed by you.