We
hear about the Israelites and the God in which they serve;
The
men of Jericho have been preparing every weapon and man preserved.
We
know the Israelite’s travels will bring them to our wall;
It
is only a matter of time I know before our inevitable fall.
We
have heard terrible things about this God and we all melt with fear;
The
lands their God has conquered—to our eyes it brings tears.
The
Lord dried the Red Sea before them to walk on dry land,
Burying
the Egyptian’s horses, and chariots, deep in the sand.
Their
terror has fallen on us, we have melted away before them,
The
king of the Amorites destroyed, no courage remained in any men.
The
Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and earth beneath;
I
must know this God of Israel so to me He may bequeath,
Such
favor, grace, and mercy, though I can but only hope,
My
life now hangs in the balance of these men and a scarlet rope.
I
long for a new life, very different from the one I lead here,
I
pray that helping these spies will bring God’s favor and rid me of fear.
I
long to be different to change my life into a story that sings;
I
know not what the future will bring, it rests in this lone scarlet string.
©2012 Piper Green
Revised 2014
Published in A Life That Sings 2014
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