When the call came to go You answered. You left all you ever knew Because of what you’d come to know. You crossed rivers of icy depths And fainted from the sun’s smiting heat. You had left. And for what? To bury father, Mother, Sister, Child, But never your faith in God. For Him you had left. And for me. You were chased and hunted and hated, Forsaken on every side (Yet not by Him who meant most to you). You could have quit at any time – Gone back to friends and family, Lived out your days in peace. But you sought a greater peace And stayed the course. You brought me here. And you handed the baton to me. Now I live In the light of your legacy, Striving to be strong, To love my God as you did, To serve in all I do. I look at you, And I am humbled. I want to learn to live And sacrifice And love As you did, To continue where you left off. On days when I am too tired to go on, Too heart-broken to endure, ...