How I did it
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How I did it
Rahab, Ruth, Naomi and Boaz are talking
3Rahab I remember the morning the wall fell. Seven days we stayed inside while they marched. Then the trumpets, the shout, and the wall came down flat — except the piece under my window. The two young men came for my father's house, as they swore.
Mother. I have heard that story since I was a boy — the scarlet line in the window, and the house that stood when the wall fell. The LORD was kind to you, and to me after you.
Not from me, son, my story has no scarlet in the window. But the kind part I'll take: I prayed the LORD deal kindly with my daughters in law when I sent them home, and look how He answered.
You prayed the LORD deal kindly with me when you sent me home, and I would not go. He answered anyway, mother: I gleaned in a field that belonged to a near kinsman.
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Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus and Ezekiel are talking
6Daniel New city, new name: Belteshazzar. They want us on the king's meat and wine. Purposed in my heart not to defile myself. Asked for ten days of pulse and water. Let's see.
Ten days, and God made the trial flourish. I remember the end of it: the vessels of gold and silver went back to Jerusalem — counted out, every one.
Counted out, every one — the vessels carried off by one king carried home by another's decree. The God of heaven keeps His own inventory.
I put those vessels in the house of my god. The God of heaven counted them out of my hand. He keeps His own inventory — I was only ever holding what was His.
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How I did it
How I did it