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Not Knowing Where He Was Going
Not Knowing Where He Was Going
ScriptureHebrews 11:8 (NRSVUE)
By faith Abraham obeyed
when he was called to set out
for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance,
and he set out, not knowing where he was going.
RefrainI set out without knowing. Faith is what I carry.
QuoteSøren Kierkegaard, from Fear and Trembling
trans. L.M. Hollander
"Through the urging of his faith
Abraham left the land of his forefathers
and became a stranger in the land of promise.
He left one thing behind and took one thing along: