Monday, December 23, 2019

Advent Day 23 - Traveling to Egypt

 
Matthew 2: 13-14
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,

They thought they’d traveled far enough
Just to reach Bethlehem,
But that was only the first step
On the long road for them.

The angel came to warn them all
That Herod’s wrath was great,
That he had ordered brutal death
To be Bethlehem’s fate.

They were to rise and travel on
To a far distant land,
That they would not fall prey to those
Who served Herod’s command.

And so, they rose and left swiftly.
Obedient always,
They traveled to a distant land
Their hearts filled with His praise.

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