Sojourner

I am a sojourner Iím not a settler

I am a pilgrim, Iím bound to roam

I am a nomad, Iím not a colonist

I am an alien, this is not my home.

I am an exile, I am no native

I am a refugee but here I stand

I am uprooted, Iím a wayfarer

I am a stranger in a strange land

I have a better dwelling place

A place to take my rest

Where Iíll reside forever and a day

A home in heaven waits for me

A mansion Christ prepared

And day by day I am on my way

I am a traveller I am a migrant

Iím on my way to the place that Iím from

I am a rover, seeking his longing

Iím on a journey this is not my home

Anthony Foster

June 28, 2005