![]() Miriam, the prophetess: "Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea." And Miriam: "..Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?" Miriam, the prophetess, tambourine in hand, leading the women in song and dance out of Egyptian captivity. And Miriam, with brother Aaron, speaking against brother Moses, whose pitch-daubed basket she once watched through reeds in the Nile. "And the LORD heard it." A family meeting, called by the LORD Himself: ""Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting."" A pillar of cloud and a Father's firm: "Hear my words." God, Mighty Defender: "Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?" The LORD's cloud lifted and Miriam's face white as snow Once lit up with joy as she danced forward in freedom Now leprous Walking on dry ground in the midst of the Red Sea She departed As the LORD brought the waters back Shattering her enemies with His mighty hand Standing before the tent of meeting shrouded by cloud He departed And her face revealed The devastation and gravity of her sin The LORD Holy Moses' face Shone Miriam's face Drained Siblings divided Now brothers united Grieving and pleading for their sister Shattered by sin Moses Pleading "O God Please heal her- Please." And Miriam, The prophetess, Separated in her sin, Examined by Aaron the priest, Pronounced clean, And not left behind, But instead, Brought back in. And us, Blessing our God and Father And cursing our brother Made in the likeness of God With the same mouth. Hearts crusted over with leprosy, Dancing with death, Drained of lifeblood And infected with Bitter jealousy and selfish ambition. And Jesus, The Greater Moses, Our Brother, Not only interceding for us, But giving His very life And spilling His blood for us So we are not cast out. We are not left behind. Our Great High Priest, Declaring us clean And our sin, Though once as scarlet, Now white as snow. And this Jesus, Shattering disorder And every vile practice, Redeeming Even the most hopeless, Painful, Irreconcilable of circumstances, Bringing unity From the unlikeliest of circumstances, Like taking what was meant for evil And turning it for good And just like Jesus Reconciling us To God So that We Too May carry out His ministry of reconciliation. Miriam, Numbers 12 WRITTEN BY: Olivia Caldwell
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