Miriam the Rescuer - Conclusion

 We cannot know what treatment a young Hebrew slave girl might expect for daring to approach royalty and speak up. Yet, Miriam asked a direct question of the princess: "Shall I go and call a nursing woman from the Hebrews to nurse the child for you?" This was the right question to ask. Pharaoh's daughter knew that she was in no position to nurse a baby. Perhaps she felt that it would be more discreet if the boy the boy was nursed among his own people; she could bring him into her own home later as her adopted son and then see to his upbringing and education. Miriam's heart must have leaped when the princess answered her in a single word: "Go!" - EXODU 2:7, 8. 

Miriam raced home to her anxious parents. Imagine the words tumbling excitedly from her mouth as she told her mother the news. Jochebed, surely convinced that this was Jehovah's doing, went with Miriam to Pharaoh's daughter. Perhaps Jochebed tried to hide her delight and relief when the princess ordered: "Take this child with you and nurse him for me, and I will pay you." - EXODUS 2:9.

Miriam learned a lot about her God, Jehovah that day. She learned that he cares about his people and listens to their prayers. And she learned that courage and faith are limited neither to adults nor to men. Jehovah listens to all his faithful servants. (Psalm 65:2) All of us today-young and old, male and female-need to remember this in difficult times.

Next time: Miriam the Patient Sister

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