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A Holiday Travel Alert
Posted: December 5, 2015
Lessons from Mary and Joseph's flight to Egypt…
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The warning system set in place
suggested grave concern.
A terrorist in Israel hatched a plan.
Those leaving home this time of year
would do so at great risk.
The danger posed called for a travel ban.
A dad and mom and infant son
packed for their westbound trek.
They knew they had to make their midnight flight.
Determined to avoid the threat,
they cautiously escaped
advancing in the shadows of moonlight.
That terror cell in Bethlehem
achieved its ruthless plot
exterminating children under two.
With ISIS-like precision,
Herod killed the innocent
while unaware his hoped-for target flew.
And now-as-then the travel risk
this time of year is great.
Young families have good reason for their fear.
The tyranny of terror robs their joy
and steals their peace
because they can't be sure when death is near.
So as You guided Joseph
on his flight to Egypt land
with Mary and young Jesus in his care,
won't You dear loving Father
please protect the ones we love
as they travel in a car, by rail or air?
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