January 2nd

"So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Abram took his wife Sarai and his brother’s son Lot, and all the possessions that they had gathered, and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan." Genesis 12:4-5

went.

there's that small, meaningless word,

but perhaps the most important.

he went, she went, they went.

packed up their belongings 

in an RV, maybe towing a trailer,

and headed out to a place 

that could have easily been labeled

'here be dragons.'

but they went.

and all they had

was a challenge from a strange

(to put it mildly) God,

nothing in writing, just some 

odd words about being blessings,

as well as some vague directions

consisting of the word 'go.'

but they went.

and truth be told

if this strange God 

gave us the same challenge,

our response would probably be

to tell God to get lost.

(c) 2025 Thom M. Shuman

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