Remember Faithful Rahab

Based on Joshua 2:6, 16-25
Recommended Tune: Ellacombe, Meter:76.76 D, Mainz Song Book (1833)
Alternate Tune: Wie Leiblich Ist Der Maien

Remember faithful Rahab
who harbored Hebrew spies
by using devious methods ??
invention, intrigue, lies.
Along with Egypt's midwives
Rahab defies the king.
She lets men out her window
from which hung a red string.

When Joshua led the army
destroying Jericho
her family took refuge
in her house, lying low.
Rahab becomes the midwife
for a new Israel,
convinced that now God gives them
this land where they may dwell.

Can we, too, risk beginning
anew when God calls us
to act with faith for others
who place in us their trust?
Remember righteous Rahab,
ancestress of our Lord.
She lives with all the faithful
bound by the Spirit's cord.

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