Leadership is needed in every organization, in every family unit, and in every community. Great Leadership traits can be developed or instinctive and can be identified in all ages, genders and races.
We’ve identified extraordinary leadership in the prophetess Miriam at a young age. Miriam stood the watch and surveilled her baby brother Moses as he floated among the reeds by the bank on the Nile. She also courageously spoke up and without guidance or hesitation strategically introduced the question to pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get you a Hebrew nurse to suckle the child for you?” This was a profound question which created a domino effect. This action led to Miriam giving her mother access to wages and access to her child Moses, whom she was going to lose to death or genocide, that she had placed in the Nile.
As a result, Moses’ natural mother was able to continue doing one of the most natural acts that a mother can do with her child, breastfeed, and also resume the role of mother by being a part of her child’s daily life even though the pharaoh had given an order to kill newborn males. Young Miriam put Moses back into his Mother’s arms.
Along with Moses’ mother and pharaoh’s daughter, the young Miriam participated in thwarting pharaoh’s plan. Prophetess Miriam paved the way for the prophet Moses to have the love and protection of not one mother, but two mothers and also carry out his ordained purpose to lead the Israelites out of bondage and take them to the promise land.