ABRAHAM, SARAH TOO

Abraham,
        Sarah too,
        pack your bags,
journey to a distant land.
        Leave your friends,
        leave your home,
for the future God has planned.
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        any fortune you have guessed,
        through your faith
        many people will be blessed.

Sarah, old,
        past your prime,
        do not scoff.
God can make a desert bloom.
        Laugh for joy.
        Love the child
you will carry in your womb.
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Hagar, hold
        Ish-ma-el,
        outcast child
in the desert all alone.
        Love and life
        he will find
and a story of his own.
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Isaac, walk
        with your Dad.
        Carry wood
ready for the sacrifice.
        Brushed by death
        you will thrive.
God was never throwing dice.
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Jesus-friends
        by God's grace
        Abram's heirs,
grafted in that ancient vine,
        live the peace,
        spread the love
memorized in bread and wine.
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Three great faiths
        parting ways
        hear One Voice
calling out to Abraham:
        Walk with me.
        Love my Word.
I will show you who I am.
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