Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing. And Miriam sang to them: ‘Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.’”
NL Daily Devotion for Monday, October 3, 2022
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
The prophet Miriam. Say it with me. The prophet Miriam. A woman prophet. A woman who spoke God’s words, who led the other women in a song of exultation and gratitude. A woman whose song actually pre-dates the song of Moses that is recorded before it in this text.
Miriam is my muse. She didn’t just speak the words of God, she sang them. She danced them. She used them to draw others into the dance. She accompanied them with the joyful percussive sound of the tambourine to keep the rhythm and flow.
If I want to be anything in my work for Clergy Stuff and the church in general, I want to be Miriam, singing and dancing the stories of God’s unending love for God’s messy, flawed, and still deeply lovable people.
Who do I relate or aspire most to in the Bible?
