Why a Rope? - The Deep Symbolism Behind the Name
The Founder of Rahab’s Rope, Vicki Moore, speaks about the history behind their name: "We believe nothing happens in our lives by chance and timing is God-appointed.
As God was opening my eyes to the women in crisis in India, I was also taking an Old Testament Bible class and was studying the story of Rahab, found in the book of Joshua.
The rope in the story represents Rahab's rescue both physically and spiritually. Due to the large amount of flax plant Rahab had, there is a high probability that Rahab made the rope herself.
Our hope is that, just as the rope that Rahab made represents her rescue, the skills taught to the women at our women's centers will represent their physical and spiritual rescue as well. It seemed fitting for Rahab's Rope to be our name."
"I would like YOU to do something!"
Rahab's Rope exists to empower women and children in the fight against human trafficking. Their team seeks to equip the women with skills to live a life of hope and sustainability.
Moore says elsewhere that she felt inspired to do something when she came across a story that told how every day in India, about two hundred girls and women are forced into the commercial sex trade.
She began to search for more information and learned that every year, over four million women and children around the globe are trafficked into prostitution and slave labor.
The more she searched, the more atrocity she found. She could not get this newfound knowledge out of her mind, and she questioned God - "Why isn't someone doing something about this?"
As usual, when we ask, He replies, "I would like for you to do something."
To Educate Girls, Or Not to Educate...
Thanks to Rahab's Rope, many children are getting to complete school, especially girls. When they first began their work in this community they were told by parent after parent, “girls don’t need to go to school they just need to do chores”. There are so many statistics on educating girls and how much it transforms communities.
Rahab’s Rope is blessed to be able to be a contributing factor in the transformation of the community. They are thankful to see an even greater transformation of people believing in Jesus.
True and complete transformation only comes through Him.
Healing for These Women is Complete - Emotionally, Physically, and Spiritually
Rahab Rope’s vision is to see lives transformed by God's love in action.
They seek to reveal His love in a way that an individual can see, understand, and respond to in faith.
This comes to life as each woman in their care is first provided for emotionally, physically, and spiritually,
We at Rooted for Good are so pleased to come alongside Rahab’s Rope in their service to women and to the community as a whole.
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