Refugees.....

This was a favorite ornament of my mom's she sent to me.....I'm using it today as a symbol of all refugees....so many that have been turned away in these turbulent times....here they have been stopped at the border, incarcerated and put into cells...families separated....these times call for us who have faith or us who believe in the golden rule or who believe in the goodness of all peoples...these times call for all of us of good hearts no matter what your belief system...calls to "answer the knock at the door...."
song here

    The candles are bright and the fire is warm
We're safe from the cold and the night and the storm
     Within our 4 walls there's comfort and cheer
Let us toast our good fortune and bless the New Year
      As we raise our glasses, a knock at the door,
A rude interruption that we could ignore
     The table is laid , there's still room for more
So Answer the Knock at the Door

     And welcome the late comer lost on the road
Who comes unannounced after so long abroad
     And welcome the prodical proud and outcast
Who comes in repentence for bitterness past
      Wecome the travelors with tales to be told
Welcome the neighbor whose heart has grown cold
      Welcome the refugee hungrey and torn
The table is laid but there's still room for more
      So answer the knock at the door

And as we are gathered with family and friends,
      We long for the ones who will not come again
And leave no glass untasted and no chair unfilled
      When we gather in love they are all with us still
So welcome the joyful and those who still mourn
     Th bride and the groom and the child newborn
The cirlcles complete, but there's still room for more
      So Answer the knock at the door

Within our four walls there's comfort and cheer
     So toast our good fortune and bless the new Year
And should we be rich or should we be poor
     May we always get up for the knock at the door
The table is laid, but theres plenty for more
     so ANSWER THE KNOCK AT THE DOOR
 SO ANSWER THE KNOCK AT THE DOOR

HAVE A BLESSED NEW YEAR AND SHARE YOUR BLESSINGS!!!!