"Ya Yeshua"

In honor of Bishoy Adel Khalaf Samuel Alhoam Wilson Hany Abdel-Masih Salib Melad Mackeen Zaki Abanoub Ayad Attia Ezzat Bushra Nassif Yousef Shokry Younan Kirillos Shukry Fawzy Majed Suleiman Shehata Samuel Stéphanos Kamel Malak Ibrahim Siniot Bishoy Stéphanos Kamel Mena Fayez Aziz Girgis Melad Sniout Tawadros Youssef Tawadros Essam Badr Samir Luke Ngati Jaber Mounir Adly Malak Faraj Abram Sameh Salah Farouk Matthew Ayariga The sea is before me… The world behind me… And heaven… Above. ⸻ They took us from our homes in chains, From dust and work, from sun and pain, No sword in hand, no shield to raise— Just faith that would not bend or break. We marched on sands that whispered fear, But still, Your name was all we’d hear, Through desert wind and foreign shore— We knew who we were living for. ⸻ Now here we stand, dressed all in red, The tide rolls in like words unsaid, The world bears witness, cold and wide— But a still peace begins to settle inside. They call for death, for it is our fate Unless we renounce and deny Your name… But I have seen what truth has cost— And I will never be called lost. ⸻ "Ya Yeshua" We join in prayer, we are side by side, But not from fear of death’s divide, We whisper low… we lift our eyes… And heaven calls through our cries… ⸻ "Ya Yeshua" My Lord, my King… Even now… My soul will sing… No blade can steal what You have won, No darkness hides the risen Son, If this my end—then let it be… I give my life for you. You gave your life for me. ⸻ He stood beside us—not our own, A stranger once… now not alone, He saw your love, he heard our cry— And chose our God, even if he’d die. “Their God is my God, I choose to fly” No turning back, no compromise, And in that moment, side by side— He found the truth we’d dare not hide. ⸻ The waves grow louder… time grows thin… But something stronger moves within… No fear of man, no fear of blade, For death itself has been unmade… You said, “Be faithful unto death…” And I will give my final breath… ⸻ And to those gates … My spirit runs… ⸻ "Ya Yeshua" We call Your name… Through blood and trial… Through fire and flame… We do not kneel to fear or sword, We stand as sons before our Lord, The gates of death will never win— For heaven waits… to draw us in. ⸻ The sea rolls red… “"Ya Yeshua" The world moves on… "Ya Yeshua" But we come home… "Ya Yeshua" Do not falter… "Ya Yeshua" Do not lose faith…