Stuck on the Beach? | Previous Challenge Entry

how it works

TITLE: Stuck on the Beach? | Previous Challenge Entry
By Noel Mitaxa
09/08/22
LEAVE COMMENT ON ARTICLE
SEND A PRIVATE COMMENT
ADD TO MY FAVORITES

After many a devastating plague,
There was nothing vague
About what was ahead
Now that Egypt’s firstborn were all dead.

The Israelites had escaped from slavery,
Which presented Pharaoh with a very
Big challenge
To avenge.

Following Israel’s Passover,
He was desperate to recover
Each and every slave,
So he could save
His status as divine
And make them resign
Themselves to his absolute control
Or be added to his death toll

The Egyptians had been laid waste
As Israel made haste
From the land of Goshen,
For they weren’t joshin’
About making a quick start
As they set out to depart

But now, with Pharaoh’s chariots hot on their heels,
Those slaves might have longed for their own sets of wheels,
So they might leave Egypt for good
As quickly as they could.

Time was tight
As they came in sight
Of the coast.
But there was no time to boast,
For the expanse of the Red Sea
Seemed to stretch for eternity

They crowded at the shore,
Frightened and footsore.
Wondering what to do
Or who to sue
For getting them into this mess
At the edge of a wilderness.

Poor Moses and Aaron
Were starin’
At certain defeat
With no option of retreat,
For Pharaoh’s advance
Did not enhance
Any chance
Of deliverance.

Then in what must have sounded like a joke
To Moses the Lord spoke,
Without a smirk or a laugh:
“Stretch your staff
Out across the water,
And you’ll be sure ta
See the waves divide
From here to the other side,
To create a path that’s wide
Enough for everyone to fit
As you all git
To the other side,
While I swallow Pharaoh’s pride!”

Moses did as he was told
And back the sea rolled
To make dry land
Of the seabed’s sand.

The Israelites then sped
Across that Sea Red
Far below the waves
To celebrate how God saves

Pharaoh’s army pursued,
But their chariot wheels got glued
As the sand became mud
And the water became a flood
With a mighty crashing sound
that got his whole army drowned.

And from the other shore,
Israel clearly saw
That their chains were now busted,
That Moses could be trusted,
And that if the Lord they would beseech,
He would stretch any beach

Way beyond their reach...

PREVIOUS ENTRY | NEXT ENTRY
SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY FOR THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE

The opinions expressed by authors may not necessarily reflect the opinion of FaithWriters.com.

Accept Jesus as Your Lord and Savior Right Now - CLICK HERE
JOIN US at FaithWriters for Free. Grow as a Writer and Spread the Gospel.