“Those Bible Women” is a collection of Christian poems that bring to life the stories of 36 amazing biblical women. These women embody a feminine portrait gallery in scriptural history. Featured here are saints and harlots, faithful mothers and wives, dutiful sisters and queens, resourceful business women and concubines – all in rich, inspiring detail.
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Poems
The Alabaster Box
—- Woman with the Alabaster Box
All She Had
—- The Poor Widow and Two Mites
The Barren and the Virgin
—- Elisabeth, Mother of John the Baptist; Mary, Mother of Jesus
Be It Unto Me…
—- Mary, Mother of Jesus
Bone of My Bone
—- Eve, Wife of Adam
The Book of the Law
—- Huldah, the Prophetess
Deal Kindly and Truly
—- Rahab, the Harlot
Don’t Look Back
—- Lot’s Wife
The Dreamer
—- Pilate’s Wife
Eat It and Die
—- The Widow and Her Son
Give Me Living Water
—- The Samaritan Woman
Give Up the Ghost
—- Sapphira, Wife of Ananias
Highly Favored
—- Mary, Mother of Jesus
If I Perish, I Perish
—- Esther, the Queen
Is Anything Too Hard?
—- Sarah, Wife of Abraham
Let Her Alone!
—- Mary and Martha, Sisters of Lazarus
The Master’s Wife
—- Potiphar’s Wife
No Folly in Israel
—- Dinah, Daughter of Leah and Jacob
No Such Sin in Israel
—- Tamar, Daughter of the King
One of Great Age
—- Anna, the Prophetess
The Power of Three
—- Sinner, Stranger and Mary a Friend of Jesus
Queen Mother
—- Bathsheba, Mother of King Solomon
Remember Me!
—- Hannah, Mother of Samuel
Restorer of Thy Life
—- Naomi, Wife of Elimelech
A Seller of Purple
—- Lydia, A Seller of Purple
She Was First
—- Mary Magdalene
She was Hated – Or Else I Die!
—- Leah and Rachel
Thou God Seest Me
—- Hagar, Mother of Ishmael
To Make One Wise
—- Eve, Wife of Adam
Touched the Hem
—- Woman with the Issue of Blood
Train Them Up!
—- Eunice and Lois, Mother and Grandmother of Timothy
Water for Thy Camels
—- Rebekah, Wife of Isaac
Whither Thou Goest
—- Ruth, the Moabitess
A Woman’s Tale
—- Jochebed and Miriam, Mother and Sister of Moses and Pharaoh’s Daughter
Woman’s Work
—- Shiphrah and Puah, Hebrew Midwives
A Woman’s Tale
Jochebed and Miriam, Mother and Sister of Moses and Pharaoh’s Daughter
Exodus 2:1-10 (KJV)
Now I would be remiss if I did not broadcast,
The part these women played in that story of the past,
Of Moses the Deliverer and how he got his start,
Of course, it was women who played a crucial part.
I’m upset that these important women are not named,
But only casually mentioned in scripture, with little fame.
Moses’ mother not named nor Pharaoh’s daughter too,
The insignificant treatment of women is nothing new.
The mother of Moses defied the Pharaoh’s decree,
And Pharaoh’s daughter did too, in this story you’ll see,
The courage of women to accomplish God’s plan,
But it takes strength of courage to make a bold stand.
Moses’ mother made a plan for him a future she gave,
And when Pharaoh’s daughter took him – Moses was saved,
The baby cried on cue and compassion took the Princess’ heart,
The sister of Moses also did her courageous part,
She too was not named but watched over her brother that day,
And gave Pharaoh’s daughter a suggestion that made a way,
For her mother to nurse her son and watch the child grow,
And to get paid in the process, God is good – don’t you know.
And when the child grew his mother bought him thus,
To Pharaoh’s Daughter and in God was her trust,
The Princess called his name Moses on that day,
Because she drew him out of the water so the scripture say.
Moses was Pharaoh’s daughter’s son, in the palace to reside,
He had every advantage that Pharaoh’s house could provide,
For his future was set and even he did not know,
That God would use him to – “Let my people go.”
Out of bondage in Egypt the Hebrew people came,
If it hadn’t been for those women who were not even named,
Each courageous woman in place, so neat God’s plan fell,
And I would be remiss not to mention this, “A Woman’s Tale.”