Crimson Thread
I was reading through the Old Testament and, because I was going rather quickly, something stood out to me that I had never noticed before: God's consistency in who he chose to save, speak to, heal. . . they were not all "Christians" nor even Hebrew. Some were. But not enough to set a pattern. Naaman the Syrian captain, Ruth the Moabitis, Rachab, harlot of Jericho, Tamar who "played the whore," David, the illegitimate son, Abraham of Ur whose father carved idols, and Mary of Nazareth, the poor slums of Israel. What was God's criteria for choosing his people? I believe he chose those who had chosen him and believed what he said. . . He looked down over the crowd, and he called out the upturned faces by name.
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G Em
I was born in Jericho
C G
Like a product, bought and sold
Em B7 A7 D7
The only thing clean about me was a hope that there was more
C D7 G
Someday You’d be knocking on my door.
C D7
I couldn’t wash out the stains
C D7 G
Of ways pressed on me since the day I was born
C D7 G
So I cried out, oh my God, for something more
EM-C-G C G
And then you. Lightening in the East
EM-C-G C G
Split my sky, brought me to my feet
C D7 G C G
The only innocence I have, me and Rahab
EM C G
I believe you’re looking for me.
You found the poor and basest strands
Wove them together into the man
You called yourself, the man of sorrows, acquainted with my grief
And I was somewhere in that tapestry
You cast away the perfect lines
Moth eaten by religion’s lies and a thief
Then you chose the crimson thread of my belief
C D7 G
It doesn’t get better than this—the highest path
C D7 G
Who in his right mind stands before the Holiest
C G - Em B7- A7-
And claims he’s innocent? You alone. You alone, you alone --
D7 C G
You’re my innocence. And I am chosen
C G
To stand in this place, and I will hold it
EM C G
I believe, I believe, I believe you’re looking for me.
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