Let Us Follow the Savior Who Went About Doing Good

Let us follow the Savior
Who went about doing good
As, for the will of the Father, He labored
Preaching God's plan to each neighborhood

He and His apostles went to Capernaum
And stopped in a town called Nain
There the Savior looked with compassion
At a widow grieving in pain

Knowing her only son had died
He felt the pain of her grief
"Weep not," He said as she cried
To the lad, "Arise." Who but did, then to speak....

Christ walked the roads of Palestine
He healed the sick and again raised the dead
He opened the eyes of the blind
And of eternal truths He continually fed

He taught to serve and love one another
And bless those who, in hate, persecute
He taught how to pray to Heavenly Father
Which He did in front of and a bit away from them too

He cast out and quieted demons
Caused the lame to walk and dumb to speak
He proclaimed to the Sanhedrin
And changed water to wine at a feast

He fed a vast multitude
With but some fish and loaves of bread
And a woman with blood that issued
Was healed by just touching His hem

Ever again and again He healed
As He spoke with a commanding voice
Even the sea was calmed and stilled
By this man we follow and in whom we rejoice

To where a crippled man for 38 years
Waited and watched at Bethesda
Who was unable to step down as the water's stirred
Then... the Lord said, "Rise." And he did and took up his bed

He taught along the shores and at the sea
In homes, at the temple, and the hillsides
Ever He served the Father willingly
As He taught with a love He could not deny

He was a friend to the friendless
He forgave people and said "sin no more"
He nourished those who were hopeless
And he taught as crowds came pressing forth

He walked to Jericho and showed mercy
To the blind man in need of sight
He walked from Judea to Galilee
Through Samaria- something frowned on as not right

There... a woman came to Jacob's well
And He taught how to thirst no more
He knew her past... she ran to tell
He was the Messiah they'd been waiting for!

He walked to Cana, where He met a nobleman
And healed his son twenty miles away
He not of a faith to follow Him
Believed Him still mighty to save

He walked through towns in Galilee
And taught in synagogues and homes
He walked to Nazareth, near family
Where He was ridiculed as just Joseph's son

He walked to Capernaum again
And cast out the evil spirits about
The lepers He touched and healed all ten
And those with palsy... still others did doubt

He walked on water as a storm arose
To aid His apostles in a small boat
One walked to Him, till his fear rose
Learning He'd not enough faith to stay afloat

He walked back to holy Jerusalem
And rode in on the back of an ass
He walked to the Garden of Gethsemane
And pled with the Father to let the cup pass...

He submitted still to His will
Taking upon Him the sins of the world
As only pain and anguish could fulfill
The lamb's sacrifice of unspotted wool

He walked through the streets of Jerusalem
Then to Golgotha upon a hill
He bore a death that was gruesome
Finishing the works His to fulfill

He walked out of the tomb the next morning
As a resurrected perfected being
Then to "other sheep" He went for forming
The church and good news ever freeing

And now, this new year, let us focus
On what Christ would have us do
That others might find joy and happiness
There to follow the Living Christ too

God be thanked for the matchless gift
Ever of the beloved divine Son
He has conquered the world there to lift
Mankind to a greater victory won

Douglas Guild
a high councilman talk

picture from turnbacktogod.com