March 22, 2026 - INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE HEART

Cheryl Zamora

Rahab enters the biblical narrative with labels that would have pushed her to the margins of her society. She lived in a city steeped in idolatry, worked in a profession associated with shame (she’s a prostitute), and belonged to a people opposed to God. Nothing about her background suggested spiritual promise. Yet Scripture does not present her as beyond God’s reach. Rahab’s life reminds us that redemption often begins quietly—when a heart becomes open to the truth of who God is.

Rahab’s past is never hidden, but it is never weaponized against her. Instead, it becomes the backdrop that makes God’s grace shine brighter. Her legacy is transformed from a life defined by sin, to a life defined by faith, to a legacy woven into the story of Christ Himself. Rahab becomes a living testimony that God can take someone from the margins and place them at the center of His redemptive plan. She becomes the mother of Boaz, the ancestor of David, and part of the lineage of Jesus Himself.

This is the power of redemption: God takes what is broken and makes it part of something eternal. Rahab’s story speaks to anyone who feels disqualified, ashamed, or stuck in patterns they can’t undo. It reminds us that God’s grace reaches deeper than our failures. God’s purposes are not limited by our past. God delights in redeeming what seems beyond repair.

Redemption is not about who we have been—it is about who God is.