Footprints In Africa

Footprints in Africa Africa oh Africa you beautiful piece of earth Gold, diamonds, minerals of immeasurable worth Mountains and valleys, great rivers and trees Blessed beyond measure, God must be pleased Have you ever wondered where and how, it all began How we all found favour, in this huge awesome land To shepherds working night shift, a message clear In a manger, baby Jesus was born, salvation was near But black hearted Herod, wanted all boy babies dead So Joseph, Mary and their precious baby, to Egypt fled Cast back your mind and see, Lord Jesus, now a boy Playing in the dusty streets of Egypt, running with joy See him standing on a hill, gazing at the river Nile Wonderment on his face and just a hint of a smile Did he then know, that Calvary’s cross was pertinent? That his life he would lay down, for this vast continent? So rise up Africa, forever freed from bondage and toil For baby Jesus planted his footprints, on African soil. APvN