Without a Word

Instantly, immediately
their nets, their families, their lives
left, abandoned, without a word
when he but said, “rise and follow me”.
That they, though imperfect,
could answer the master’s call
so we, like them, called
to follow them, to follow him still
to be like them, his witnesses,
his messengers of hope
his light, to shine, out into
the darkness of the world
Rise, go, without a word,
to the ends of the earth.


March 1, 2009
Closing hymn,
“Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
United Methodist Hymnal, #358
(especially verse 2)
March 1, 2009
Suncook United Methodist Church,
Suncook, NH