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Not Knowing Where He Was Going

Not Knowing Where He Was Going6 days ago5 min

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: