Rahab’s sign

After Hebrew 11:31 and Joshua 2:1-14

They knew to come to me

though how they knew

is unknown.

I’ve waited for their hordes

to approach, knowing God

was with them, knowing they

would prevail, knowing

my city would fall.

So they come, these two,

and I hide them on the roof,

and I lie for them,

and I help them escape.

The scarlet rope is our contract,

the sign of our salvation.

Photograph by Dawn Hudson via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.