Welcome to Tuesday and Tuesday's Musical Notes!!! This is THE blog to find your favorite songs featured in a way you never have before, our Tuesday's Musical Notesy way! While we typically feature great classic rock, (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "One Thing Leads to Another" (The Fixx), Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Here Comes the Sun" (The Beatles), Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Wasted on the Way" (Crosby, Stills and Nash), Tuesday's Musical Notes - "For What It's Worth" (Buffalo Springfield)) Tuesday's Musical Notes has has been known to venture out into other styles, from Classical (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "William Tell Overture" (Gioachina Rossini), to Country (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "I'm Sorry" (Brenda Lee)), Christmas favorites (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Christmas Time is Here" (Vince Giuraldi)) and the pop standards of the past that we now call Easy Listening (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "What a Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong)). We've even been known to venture into TV and Movie songs. (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "The Swing March" (Henry Mancini), Tuesday's Musical Notes - "The Easter Parade" (Irving Berlin via Bing Crosby), Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Theme from Mission Impossible" (Lalo Schifrin)). No matter what artist or style of music you prefer, Tuesday's Musical Notes has probably covered it! Just search the blog or check out the monthly archives to find your favorite songs or discover new music.
We love Tuesday's and music so much we had to express our passions by combining them and bringing them to you! We hope you like what you read and our impacted by the commentary! So, once again, Welcome to Tuesday's Musical Notes.
During the past few weeks, many folks have been working and schooling from home. While we have experienced a cooler snap in our parts, many in the country and world are beginning to feel the effects that the spring season brings. Warmer temperatures, the greening of the foliage and the beauty of the earth all combine to increase the desire to get out and experience nature. Why we might even want to take a...
Occasionally, a single by a hot musical act will soar in some geographic areas while it struggles in its native land. Such was the case with the song "Boat on the River" by Styx. (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Why Me" (Styx), Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Show Me the Way" (Styx), Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Mr. Roboto" (Styx),) The single, which featured the song "Borrowed Time" as the b-side, failed to chart in the US. The rest of the world, however was another story. "Boat on the River" went into the top 5 in German, Austrian, and Israeli charts and went all the way to #1 in the Swiss countdown, making it the biggest European hit for the Chicago based band.
Mixing mythological references to the river the band is named after and the non-mythological moon landing site (yes, we've heard the theories, no we don't buy them...), "Boat on the River" is known for being one of the best acoustic and melodic songs written by Tommy Shaw, who was typically known for wanting the band to have a harder "rock" edge to their music. It is a good listen before picking up your old copy of Edith Hamilton's Mythology or perhaps checking out Exodus, chapter 2 in the Bible
Tuesday's Musical Notes is concerned that the great stories of the Bible are slowly fading from our collective conscience. There was a time when everyone knew the stories of how God provided for the folks in the Old Testament , as well as His ultimate provision and the greatest story in the New Testament. In April of last year, we started the process of telling those stories with a Tuesday's Musical Notes touch. That first Bible story blog came in the form of the classic song by Chicago (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Beginnings" (Chicago)).
Today we continue the narrative with a conversation about the hero of the Judeo-Christian faiths, Moses.
Moses' story has been captured and expanded upon by several Hollywood motion pictures. The most memorable and The Notes' favorites of these films are The Ten Commandments (Cecil B DeMille, 1956) and The Prince of Egypt (Dreamworks, 1998). These films should be watched being mindful that they take a few liberties with the story lines, yet they do provide thought provoking questions that the Bible doesn't seem to address. What were Moses' relationships like in his younger years? How was he treated by the man who had given the order for the male children to be thrown into the river since it was this man's daughter who took him in?
Like Jesus, we don't know very much about Moses' years as a child. But according to the Exodus 2 passage, here is what we do know.
1) Moses was conceived by parents who were in the same tribe. This was important, especially in early Jewish culture, as the history from Jacob's and Joseph's marriages were given as the example. Remember, all of Jacob's sons had relocated to the area of Goshen in Egypt. From these 11 sons a large quantity of people would be raised up. Some estimate that there were close to 2 million people who left Egypt during the Exodus. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
2) Moses was born during the time of Pharaoh's death edict. Moses was probably born in the home and was kept hidden from anyone who would have done him any harm. All of his male contemporaries were being drowned in the Nile. But for 3 months, Moses' family kept him safe.
3) Moses parents were unsure of the outcome of their next actions, but they were sure about Who was in charge. The Bible says that Moses "boat on the river" was placed into the "reeds" along the river bank. We aren't told that Moses floated up or downstream, we're just instructed that Pharaoh's daughter came by and discovered Moses, under the watchful gaze of Moses' sister, probably Miriam. So, technically, Moses was cast into the Nile after all. He had a safe and dry mode of transport. Remember what the Egyptians had the Israelites doing...making bricks with straw and mud. Chances are Moses' mom would have been good at constructing something water tight enough to last until Moses was discovered.
4) There was no mistaking that Moses was Hebrew. Pharaoh's daughter acknowledges the fact in the narrative. There is a chance, purely our speculation, that this was one of many daughters of the Pharaoh. Pharaoh would have doubtless had many wives. So there is possibility that Moses would not have been on the ruler's radar.
5) Moses was raised by his own mother and she was paid to raise him. We do not know if Moses' mom was taken into Pharaoh's daughters court, but the fact that she adopted Moses leads us to believe that Moses, possibly his birth mother and Miriam were no longer living in Goshen and responsible for making bricks.
Isn't it ironic, dont'cha think?
Moses, who was supposed to be drowned in the river by government decree, WAS placed in the Nile, but in a boat that was discovered by the daughter of the ruler who made that decree!
Moses, who was abandoned by his family in an attempt to save him, was discovered by the most powerful family in the land who then placed him in the care of his birth family, AND paid them to take care of him!
The frown on his face disappeared as his boat on the river transported him to safety. He didn't cry out anymore as his life was spared and he was adopted into the king's family. Moses life was truly miraculous and he hadn't even turned 2 or 3 years old yet.
So friend, are you in a boat on the river? Are you crying out, waiting for the waves to stop crashing and the river to stop flowing so quickly? You can be saved from the planned destruction by the enemy as you are taken out of your own boat on the Nile river and adopted into The King's family...and you won't cry out anymore...
'Til Tuesday,
Serving HIM by serving You,
randy
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