Come Away with Me ‎#3

3. There Is A Need for Shepherds

There is a need for shepherds in this place,
where pain and suffering wear a human face;
where hungry children stand outside the door,
and homeless families long for home once more.
Refrain:
There is a need for shepherds in this hour.
There is a need for Love to show its power!

There is a need for shepherds on this street,
where lonely strangers pass and do not meet;
where hopeless people wander in the night,
and wonder why life never turns out right.
Refrain

There is a need for shepherds on this earth,
where young and old have lost their sense of worth;
where guilty people seek to place the blame
on others for their failures and their shame.
Refrain

There is a need for shepherds everywhere.
We who have strayed like sheep must learn to care.
We who have known the Shepherd's love today
must shepherd one another in God's Way.
Refrain

Text Information

• First Line: There is a need for shepherds
• Title: There Is A Need for Shepherds
• Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn (1992)
• Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  John 21:15-17
• Topic: Shepherds: Role in biblical times and today
• Copyright: ©1992, 1997 Abingdon Press

Tune Information

• Name: SHEPHERDS TODAY
• Composer: John D. Horman (1992)
• Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: © 1992, 1997 Abingdon Press