Rahab

I captained in on Jericho’s wall Heard desert stories every night Your God split seas, your God won wars Our city trembled at the sight

Two strangers came and knocked my door I knew that I had reached my choice I turned from fear to fate And lifted up my voice

I hear the men upon my roof, under the stalks of giant flax. The king’s guards came, I sent them off, chased to the fort, you’ll bring them back. But in the dark I made a plea Swear by the Lord to spare my home A scarlet cord hung in my window

A sign that mercy found my home When trumpets roared and stones were falling My house stood by his oath alone A scarlet caught and I was counted in

A fallen heart brought near to him On the seventh day, the earth took white Dust and thunder filled the sky We hung up close inside my room

And live while all around the sky We walked out past the shattered gate Into a people not my own I was not clean

He made me new I stood outside, he brought me through A scarlet cord hung in my window The walls came down as promised state

I found a place in Israel’s story From ruin to a house he made A scarlet card remembered by his hand The God I fear became my friend

They remember me Right ahead From Jericho’s wall To the line of Jesus

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