Shunned At A Funeral - Woman

By the river where the market breathes
She counted cloth and kept her word
Purple folded and singing
Like a promise only kings could once afford
God unsealed her listening heart to broken before her plea
Grace arrived and made a dwelling
And a church was born where she would be
Strong
Not loud, but standing still
Hands made brave by faithful will
Loving called, yet never spared
The cost of being chosen then
Grace that meets us where we are
Turns our yes into a scar
Sing it clear, then carry on
Strength was there all along
On a road where bread ran out
She stayed when staying meant the least
Bound her future to another
With a vow that would not cease
Fields of barley bent to see her
Gleaning hope from falling grain
Love that labored
Love that waited
Found a home inside the plain
Strong
Not loud, but standing still
Hands made brave by faithful
Loved and called yet never spared
The cost of being chosen there
Grace that meets us where we are
Turns our yes into a scar
Sing it clear then carry on
Strength was there all along
In a palace built on fear
She learned when silence turns to sin
Counted breath and counted days
Till courage called her in
Clothed in favor, fasting
Still she stepped across the hidden line
Risked a crown to save a people
Chose the hour over time
Under palm she spoke with weight
Of voice that gathered scattered men
Not with blade but burning truth
She named the when and where and then
Song rose up where fear had slept
And victory learned a woman's tone
Led by word before the war
And sent the fearful marching home
Not perfect saints, not marble strong
But faith that kept on walking long
In kitchens, courts and open fields
They bore the strength that heaven yields
Oh, strong not aloud but standing still
Hands made brave by faithful will
Loved and called and singing
Yet never spared the cost of being chosen there
Grace that meets us where we are
Turns our yes into a scar
Sing it clear then carry on
Strength was there all along
Oh
Strength was there
All along
Their stories home beneath our days
With borrowed courage learned in praise
We walk the same unguarded way
Help I got
Come what may
And singing