{"id":9041,"date":"2025-05-02T14:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T19:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=9041"},"modified":"2025-05-02T14:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T19:43:38","slug":"the-song-of-miriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/the-song-of-miriam\/","title":{"rendered":"The Song of Miriam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9042\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/slavery-song-R-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/slavery-song-R-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/slavery-song-R-700x392.jpg 700w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/slavery-song-R-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/slavery-song-R-800x449.jpg 800w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/slavery-song-R.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6>As a young girl, I watched over my baby brother, Moses.<\/h6>\n<h6>In a basket on the river Nile.<\/h6>\n<h6>At middle age, I watched him flee the wrath of the King.<\/h6>\n<h6>As an elderly woman, I greeted him as he returned home\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>And now I\u2019m with him facing the Red Sea.<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>The Red Sea before us, soldier\u2019s behind, obeying God we run<\/h6>\n<h6>No one lags behind\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Our God is taking us all the way to the finish line\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Horses and chariots, strong military men, pursue us in our plight<\/h6>\n<h6>Behold! The sea crashes down on them,<\/h6>\n<h6>They come to a watery end\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>YHWH, delivered us this day.<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Tambourines in hand, young and old, Miriam cries out\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6><em>Sing O daughters of men! Sing and do not keep silent<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>For our victory is won!<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Praise and sing the God-praise song.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Joy fills the camp with a victory shout\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>No more slaves, we\u2019re delivered, set free\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>For God in his sovereignty,<\/h6>\n<h6>Has given us new life today!<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>We sing; we dance, our souls rejoice<\/h6>\n<h6>Our God has triumphed gloriously,<\/h6>\n<h6>Upon the other, side of the sea.<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill May 2, 2025<\/h6>\n<div id=\"dropdown-2675\" class=\"bcv d-container go2888862000\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"listbox\" aria-labelledby=\"dropdown-2675\">\n<div class=\"dropdown-display\">\n<h6 class=\"dropdown-display-text\"><em><strong>Exodus 15:20-21 King James Version<\/strong> <sup class=\"versenum\">20\u00a0<\/sup>And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em><sup class=\"versenum\" style=\"letter-spacing: -0.01em;\">21 <\/sup><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.01em;\">And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"small-caps\" style=\"letter-spacing: -0.01em;\">Lord<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.01em;\">, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h6><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a young girl, I watched over my baby brother, Moses. 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