Lessons from Miriam: Balancing Leadership and Humility in Faith
Aug 22, 2024Bible, Women & Bathrobes, Episode 40
Bible Women: Miriam, Moses’ Sister
Summary
Amy, Wendi & Tamara discussed the story of Miriam, Moses's sister and a prophetess in the Bible, highlighting her significance and leadership among women. They also examined her criticism of Moses' marriage and God's response, as well as her rebellion and punishment. Additionally, they emphasized the importance of recognizing and celebrating God's miracles in our lives, while cautioning against judging others based on appearances. They encouraged listeners to pause and rejoice in the good things God has done, and to approach divine guidance with humility.
Main Takeaways
- From Amy, “When I read scripture, I always, I look for two things: Number one, what qualities do I have that they're talking about here? And the second question is, how can I improve upon those qualities that are mentioned here, even if I have them, how can I improve upon them?”
- From Wendi, “You know, even Miriam had to be humbled and called out. And I think that's just a good reminder to always keep ourselves in check, but that we could also be favorite of the Lord and be important to him.”
- From Tamara, “I think we can learn from [Miriam’s] example that it's okay to stand up and be a woman of God and to speak out, and God will correct us if he needs to, and humble us, but just keep loving and praising God.”
Today’s Podcast Hosts & Guests
Tamara K. Anderson
Tamara, founder of Women Warriors of Light, is a dynamic speaker, award winning author, and a podcaster. She is driven by her Christian faith to inspire faith in Jesus Christ. Alongside her husband, Justin, she navigates the joys and challenges of parenting four children with autism, ADHD, and mental health hurdles. You can find out more about Tamara on her website: https://www.tamarakanderson.com/
Wendi Christensen, LCSW
Wendi is the co-founder of Women Warriors of Light. In addition to being a wife and mother, she is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 28 years of experience. Wendi is an intuitive counselor helping individuals release pain, renew hope, and restore light through forgiveness. You can find out more about Wendi on her website: https://wendichristensencounseling.com/
Amy Johnson
Amy is a member of our Women Warriors of Light Advisory Board. She is a leader of women, a homemaker, and a licensed cosmetologist. Amy enjoys nurturing women through betrayal trauma to becoming a beacon of support and inspiration.
Transcript
Tamara Anderson 0:00
You have days where you're up and down, or maybe years where things go up and down, today, we're going to talk about an Old Testament woman who had the same thing. She had her ups and she had her downs, and we're going to see how what lessons we can learn from her today. So stay tuned.
Tamara Anderson 0:20
Welcome to Bible, Women & Bathrobes, the podcast where faith meets comfort. Join us Tuesday and Thursday mornings as the gals from Women Warriors of Light and their guests don bathrobes and dive into the inspiring stories of women in the Bible and the teachings of Jesus Christ, from Esther's bravery to the Sermon on the Mount, we explore it all with warmth, laughter, sisterhood and maybe even a few sleepy eyed moments, tune in, live or at your leisure, as We learn lessons from scripture which empower women today.
Tamara Anderson 1:03
Hello and welcome to another episode of Bible, Women & Bathrobes. I'm your host, Tamara K Anderson, and joining me today is my wonderful co founder of Women Warriors of Light. Wendi Christensen, Wendi, thanks for being here this morning.
Wendi Christensen 1:16
Thank you for having me.
Tamara Anderson 1:18
And also joining me is one of our wonderful advisory board members from Women Warriors Light. Amy Johnson, Amy, thanks for being here today.
Amy Johnson 1:28
Good morning,
Tamara Anderson 1:30
Alright, ladies, well, today we are kind of wrapping up the women in the life of Moses, and we are talking about his sister, Miriam. Now we have touched on Miriam a little bit when we talked about Moses's mother, Jochebed, and then Pharaoh's daughter, because Miriam was the one who watched the little ark, the basket that was in the river, and she made sure that Moses was okay and Pharaoh's when Pharaoh's daughter got him, she asked if she needed a wet nurse, and went and got her mother. So she we know she was obedient. She was as many young women are. I know that Miriam was about 12 years older than Moses, and so and so. As most 12 year olds are she, she was very helpful to her mother. I have no doubt.
Tamara Anderson 2:32
So we kind of don't hear a lot about Miriam. There's only a few instances where we hear about her, but we know that she what she went through, all the plagues and all that stuff. We know that her brother Aaron was also involved with Moses as he went and visited the Pharaoh and asking him to let the people go, and that she exited when they were finally commanded to go after the Passover. And so they they came to the Red Sea, and of course, Pharaoh's army came and surrounded them. They were kind of back to between a rock and a hard place and Moses part of the water.
Tamara Anderson 3:17
And then Pharaoh's army tried to follow them, and that is where we find the next reference for Miriam in this wonderful story. And so if you want to follow along with us, we're going to dive into Exodus chapter 15. There's just a few verses there, but the waters closed over Pharaoh and his army, and basically the children of Israel were so grateful and thankful and had kind of a big celebration that they were finally free from the Egyptians, and God had protected and preserved them.
Tamara Anderson 3:58
And so we have just a few little verses here on Miriam in Exodus 15. And we read in verse 20 and 21 it says, "And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all The women went out after her with timbrels and with dances and Miriam answered them, sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously, the horse and the rider hath he thrown into the sea." And so this, she's not a young woman at this point, we know that Moses lived for 40 years in Egypt and then 40 years out in the desert, and so she's probably 72 ish. I mean, so she's not young, but there's some there's an interesting word, Miriam, the prophetess. And this is the first time we see this phrase in the Old Testament, and so I thought I'd open that up and and see any thoughts or comments on that. Amy, let's start with you.
Amy Johnson 5:14
I love Deborah, who's the other prophetess that we really talk about. I love her for her wisdom. I love her for I just love her example. I love everything actually, about her story, I think she's really cool. But I think for me, when I see the word prophetess, that really means someone who is wise in following the Lord. That's what I, I always think of and and I don't know, Interestingly though enough, now that we're talking about this, I Yeah, Sunday, I had a woman come up to me, and she was, she's a Spanish speaker, and she's introduced herself, and she said, I had to meet you because my husband is the leader of our congregation, and he's called Bishop. And she said in Spanish, it was, I don't know obispo or something, but it ends with an O, and they said, I had to meet you. And she said the same word, except ending in an A, and they literally called me
Tamara Anderson 6:33
obispa, obispo.
Amy Johnson 6:34
Thank you. I should have just asked you. And so she called me obispa, or say it again,
Tamara Anderson 6:41
obispa
Amy Johnson 6:43
Obispa by and that's just what they call the wife of the leader of the congregation in Spanish, right? That's just what she's like we that's what we call you. You are ours and and so I then now I look at that, and I think, well, that's interesting. Was she prophetess? Because she was so closely affiliated with Moses, who was the prophet or but, but I do, I do love that word, prophetess. And I always think of Deborah. Everybody needs a Deborah in their life. My mom's my Deborah.
Tamara Anderson 7:16
Mm, hmm, yeah. Love it. Wendi Any thoughts there?
Wendi Christensen 7:21
Just, you know, along the same lines, it's, to me, a prophetess is somebody who's very close to the Lord, and that tells me that Miriam was somebody who was very, very close to the Lord, and spoke to him often. She knew who God was. She understood the way that he talked and she listened and she heard and she did. I think that's what Prophets do. And so prophetess must do the same, where they're very, very close to the Lord, and they hear him, and they talk to him, and they know him well. So to me, that means Miriam knew God very, very well.
Tamara Anderson 8:04
And you can't help but pause and think, they must. They must have learned these traits from their parents.
Amy Johnson 8:12
Yes,
Tamara Anderson 8:13
if we, if we think about Jochebed and think her husband's name was Amron, or something like that
Amy Johnson 8:22
or something, right? Yeah,
Tamara Anderson 8:23
I know it's I was just flipping back through my scriptures really quick, but yeah, Amran. And and so they must have exemplified listening to the Lord. I mean, it's not often you see someone putting a baby in an ark and sending them down the river, you know what I mean? And so they they learned this by example, the example of their parents, that I can talk to God, I can receive revelation.
Tamara Anderson 8:56
And it sounds like she was a leader among the women we don't ever hear if she married, which was, which is interesting, but the women followed her. She seemed to be a leader of the women. And when she took her timbrel and took up dancing to praise the Lord and thank him for his glorious deliverance, the women followed her. And so I think, I think that speaks of her in in a leadership capacity among these slaves, even you know that that she stood out as someone of faith and belief in God. Um,
Wendi Christensen 9:44
yeah. Super fast, yeah. I think it's interesting that here they've witnessed this huge miracle, right? Pharaoh and his army are buried in the sea. And she leads out with music. And I love that as well, that she knows that music to me. Music Is a form of worship. I I have music in my life has transformed my testimony of Jesus Christ. And I feel like I'm a I'm a singer. And so for me, music is really, really important. And that's how my strongest testimony of Jesus Christ came has it's come through music and singing. And so I think it's interesting that Miriam leads out with dancing and music, and I think it was a form of worship as well, that she would lead all these women out to worship God, to thank him for saving them and bringing them to that space. And I think that was, yeah, very much a leadership role for her to do, to lead them out in music, in worshiping God,
Tamara Anderson 10:44
yeah, and I'm the same way music has always been a huge part of my life, and so I love that this is something that she brought in to the worship and praising God, right? Any thoughts there? Amy,
Amy Johnson 11:00
I think sometimes we wait and think we have to have a really important role, and we see that, and we see that she's got the name prophetess, so therefore we're like, oh, well, of course she would lead out because she was prophetess. But I really believe that God allows us to lead out in praising him and in worshiping Him. And it doesn't matter if we have a big role or a little role or he. It doesn't matter because we, light attracts light, and so when we shine forth his light, it leads other people to do that.
Amy Johnson 11:42
I have a child that's very influential and has been for his whole life, and I remember, you know, many times when he was a teenager, just saying to him, you are going to lead people for good or for evil, so you better decide which side you're going to be on. And I remember him looking at me like, you don't know. And I was like, I do know, because I have that same type of personality where I walk in a room and everybody knows whether I'm in a good mood or a bad mood, and the room sort of follows. And and so I just, you know, I think that we have to recognize that we don't need to be a prophetess. We don't need to shake up the order God has put on things. We just need to love Him and hear Him and worship Him and lead by example, and people will follow doing good for him.
Tamara Anderson 12:45
I love that. I was just thinking that often music becomes part of my worship routine. Sometimes when I'm out walking in early mornings all by myself, I don't put any headphones on, I'll just sit and thank God for the beauties of the Earth around me. And often I'll just start singing kind of to myself, you know, like, For the Beauty of the Earth," and I'll just kind of look around and praise God that way.
Tamara Anderson 13:11
And so yes, I am walking and singing to myself, but for me, that's just simple way that I love to connect and praise God in the morning by myself, you know so and I've also sung one before when I'm doing scripture study. Sometimes it just helps bring the spirit of God more to me and when I need it, and so it's a good it's a good tip if you're struggling, or if you're joyous, if you're sad, listening to music, if you don't sing or or playing it, like if you play the piano or Something like that. Can boost spirits. It can. It can mirror your mood. So anyway, alright, let's move on to this next verse, what she said, and verse 21 it says, "And Miriam answered them, sing you to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously, the horse and the rider, hath he thrown into the sea. Any thoughts on those words? Wendi? Let's start with you.
Wendi Christensen 14:29
Well, she's singing, right? It's like, rejoice. And sometimes I think we forget that you were just talking about celebrating. Sometimes we forget to celebrate those beautiful moments. And she's, she's like, let's sing, let's celebrate this beautiful moment. Because, you know, this, this miracle has come, this miracle has been performed. And let's again, just back to the rejoicing. And I think that's important for us.
Wendi Christensen 14:56
You know, when I see good things happen in my life, I. Want to stop and pause, because it's easy to just keep moving forward, but just to stop and pause and rejoice in what God has just done. As we have miracles all around us, but sometimes we forget to see them, or we don't take to the time to notice them, and Miriam's like, let's stop, let's notice, let's rejoice around this miracle that we are seeing that has just been performed. And I think that gives us the allowance to stop, and whether it's rejoicing in a beautiful day or rejoicing in a simple, small miracle that's happened around us, that's a reason to rejoice. And we have so many reasons to rejoice around us, to stop and do it, to remember, to do it and think, think our heavenly,
Tamara Anderson 15:45
yeah, love it. Amy.
Amy Johnson 15:49
I do love that. I think, I believe that there are miracles all around us. But I love how she says, the horse and the rider had he thrown into the sea, because at that time, that was the scariest thing possible for them, and that that is, that is literally God just took my biggest fear and conquered it. He overcame the thing I was the most afraid of, and and I love that, because he does little things all the time, but he can do and does do the really big things, too. And so for her to say the horse and the rider, that is very literal, but also very symbolic, because there were more than one horse and rider, but she that was their fear. That was their biggest fear is that if those riders caught them. They were going back. They could not be free to worship the way that they wanted to worship.
Tamara Anderson 16:52
Man, it is. It is so amazing to see this. And I love what you guys brought out about noticing the miracles, praising God for the miracles. I like how you brought out that, that he helps us overcome fears and being it is a grateful heart, and you just see the gratitude flowing out of Miriam. And I think that's a great example that we can even take as an example each day to approach God with a grateful heart. Thank you for helping me triumph in little ways today, for helping me face my fears. You know that He is God above all
Tamara Anderson 17:45
All right, let's move on to the next little bit that we know about Miriam, and this is going to take us to Numbers chapter 12. And this one isn't as favorable. It's where she learns an important lesson. But I think that is one of the things I especially appreciate about the Old Testament, is it's very great about pointing out awesome things people did and also pointing out their flaws. But I think that helps us realize that even though, because we see our own flaws like magnified. I don't know what it is, but and so when we see other people that have flaws and yet God loved them, and chastise them, as we're about to see, then it helps us realize that, Oh, I'm not the only one, you know.
Tamara Anderson 18:40
And so let's dive into this story here in Numbers 12. And so they have been in the wilderness here for a little bit, and Miriam and Aaron decided, and they put Miriam same first. So I wonder if Miriam was the instigator here speak says in verse one, and Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married for he had married any and we don't know if this is talking about Zipporah, or if she had died and he married somebody else. We are not giving any of the details. Basically, all we know is that Miriam was not happy with who Moses had married and and so I think right here, she's kind of questioning his inspiration. I'm sure Moses was very wise about who he chose to marry. But they're questioning, Did God really tell Moses to marry this person, or what we don't know, but it says in verse two, and they said, hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? Hath he not spoken also by us? Because the Lord had. Inspired them to speak. She was a prophetess. Aaron was Moses's mouthpiece a lot of the time, and so, you know they're saying, but we're also important, and God speaks to us, and we don't agree with what has just happened here.
Tamara Anderson 20:16
And it says in verse three, "Now the man Moses was very meek above all the men which were upon the face of the earth and meek." Going back to our study of the Sermon on the Mount. It's, it's great power, but kind of bridled power, so great strength and power, but bridled the way the Lord wants it to be used, and pointed in the right direction. And then here we see that God did speak to Moses and Aaron. And I love this example that he does speak to both men and women. It says in verse four, "And the Lord spake suddenly to Moses and unto Aaron and unto Miriam come out, you three unto the tabernacle the congregation and the three came out." And I'm going to pause right there in the story, and then we'll finish it. But any thoughts so far with what, what we've seen here? Amy, let's start with you.
Amy Johnson 21:16
Ethiopian woman. It it is, seems to me that Zipporah was from Midian, which is out of Ethiopia. He fled to Midian when he left Egypt. I mean, but an Ethiopian woman, that, to me, would mean out of the Covenant, I think. And I think that's why they were mad. I think that they were looking at it and they were saying, What do you mean? You're going to marry somebody who's not in the children? She wasn't, she wouldn't have been one of the children of Israel. So she was out of the Covenant, right? And that can be really not a great position for someone to take against someone else who is trying and does hear the word of the Lord.
Amy Johnson 22:14
And I find myself seeing this happen where we see what's happening, and we don't know the whole story, because we don't know the heart of Moses. We don't know the mind or will of God for Moses, we don't know any of that. We don't know the heart of the Ethiopian woman. And I am a firm believer that God will gather His children, however. God will gather his children. And so I think this just verse one I could probably spend an hour on, because there's so much in there about judging what you think you see, what you think you know is going on. And I really believe we have to be so mindful of that, because we just don't know. Just don't know. They don't know the heart of Moses. They don't know the mind and will of God for Moses. That's not their business. So I just, I just, I could just spend hours on that, because it's so important and and I love how, how we see that the Lord handles it.
Tamara Anderson 23:37
Yeah, Wendi. Any thoughts on those verses so far,
Wendi Christensen 23:41
just, you know, in in that's I was thinking along the same lines Amy, that there must have been something that they were like, Wait a minute. This isn't what we normally do. This isn't this isn't what we this. This is uncommon. And they kind of start questioning him in the second verse, where they're like, Well, does the Lord just speak to Moses only? He speaks to us too. So you can see a little bit of pride coming in there. And it kind of reminded me of the Sadducees and the Pharisees and the Law of Moses, that they were so strict in following this is that law, right? They were so strict in following their laws that Jesus had to come in and say, we're going to mix things and change things up a little bit, and it's going to rock your world a bit.
Wendi Christensen 24:28
And I think that's kind of what's happening here for them, so much so that the Lord had to come down amidst them, because they're like, well, we can receive revelation, don't, don't we know it's right too. We know what we're supposed to do and what we're supposed to follow. So I think there's some pride that's really creeping in right there, you can tell, and we have to be careful and check our pride too, just like they had to check their pride. Like that's why I think we need to always keep that those lines of communication open with the Lord, because they're like, well, we can hear him just. Like Moses can. Well, they're about to hear him even.
Tamara Anderson 25:06
Yes, they are, my goodness, let's, let's hear what happens here. Pick it up in verse five, "and the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forth." boy, howdy, I tell you what that would scare the bejeebies out of me in some ways. There he is, big cloud, pretty amazing. And then he says, And he said, "Hear now my words, if there be a prophet among you, I the Lord, will make myself known unto him in a vision and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses, is not so who is faithful in all mine house with him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even apparently and not in dark speeches. And the similitude of the Lord shall he behold. Wherefore, then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, Moses?"
Tamara Anderson 26:00
And so he's really calling Aaron and Miriam on the carpet here. He's just saying, you, you should not speak against, you know, basically, the Lord's anointed servant, don't you do that? And it says, and the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed. And when the cloud departed. You know, it says that they looked at Miriam, and she was lepros. She was white. And of course, Aaron, in verse 11, says to Moses, "Alas, my lord, I beseech me, lay not the sin upon us wherein we have done foolishly and wherein we have sinned, and let her not be as one of the dead." Because when you were a leper, you were cast out. They just kicked you out.
Tamara Anderson 26:49
And so Moses, of course, implores the Lord for his sister heal her. "Now, Oh God, I beseech thee." And basically, God says in verse 14, "the Lord said unto Moses, if her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days, let her be shut out from the camp seven days. And after that, let her be received in again." And so basically, she was kicked out of the camp for seven days because she was unclean and but the people, they didn't leave her, they waited those seven days until she was brought in again to move on. And so it's a great, humbling lesson for Miriam here, um, and I will just open it up. Wendy. Let's start with you. What were some things that stood out to you in that story?
Wendi Christensen 27:41
Don't question the Lord, no, but I think the biggest thing is the Lord is reminding them what a prophet is, and and this is my my my prophet. This is who I speak to, face to face, mouth to mouth. This is who I speak to, and you need to respect what he says. And I think that's important to remember that God does speak to those prophets and that we are not greater than those that prophet. And I think it was very humbling. Had to be very humbling for Miriam, especially from everything that she had come from, and everything that she'd gone through and that she had done and with Moses all these years, you know, she's a very true follower, and very much a part of this whole entire process from his birth. And so I'm sure she felt like she had that right to say and to do. And so I think the Lord just puts her, her and Aaron, back into their places to help them to remember that he is the one that is in charge.
Wendi Christensen 28:56
And it's, I don't think it's just like a power thing. I think it's understanding God's ways are not our ways, and we have to be open to understanding and trying to to hear the mysteries of God, right? We talk about the mysteries of God and that sometimes they don't always make sense, and that's where trust comes in. They may not make sense, so you have to trust the one who knows all, and hear him and listen to him and make sure that we're following, that he has a reason and a purpose for the ways that he does things, and for having that prophet be the mouthpiece. I think it would be a lot of confusion if they had everybody being the mouthpiece, and having all he has a group of people that's following him, and if everybody were speaking out and doing things, that could be very, very confusing.
Wendi Christensen 29:49
So I think the Lord is just trying to keep things in order and understanding, and that's good to do. And we have a lot of chaos, chaos around us to. Have that order and that understanding of this is how things go. This is who you need to listen to and just have faith and trust me, because it will be in your eternal best interest as well. I always have your eternal best interest in you.
Tamara Anderson 30:14
Awesome. Amy,
Amy Johnson 30:19
I thought it was interesting that the Lord says, if there's a prophet, I'll make myself known in a vision or dream. But not Moses. Moses, I talk to mouth to mouth. Moses is a little bit special prophet. So really, why? Why are you messing with me here? Why would you think that you are now going to take his role without me? Like, and I think I find that really interesting. And, and Aaron, Aaron has been Moses's number two, right? He's been or number you know, he's been right there with Moses. And so I can see how they were like, Well, wait, he talks to us too. And now Moses, I, and I see this, you know, I don't really agree with that. So maybe they're being misled. Maybe they're no longer really who God has in mind to lead out, right? That that was my first thing. And even, by the way, in families,
Amy Johnson 31:23
I was raised in Boise, and we were raised with this certain rule that we all thought was law. And then we moved to Utah, and all of a sudden that wasn't law anymore. And I was like, what is happening? My parents are going off the deep end, like it was such a small, silly, stupid thing. But you start to question, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, what my everything I know is wrong. And then, and then I think that's where you start to get in your head, and you start to forget that the Lord has order. And even though a prophet makes a mistake, or a parent makes a mistake, that doesn't change the fact that they're still the Prophet, or they're still your parent, right? It just doesn't change the hierarchy of things.
Amy Johnson 32:19
And so that was the first thing I thought of in the other thing I was really thinking about was that, that was that I wonder how much of this was really so that Moses and Aaron could see how much they loved Miriam. They didn't have to go to the Lord and importune him. They didn't have to say Moses did not have to say, please. He could have just held a grudge and been like, tough luck girl. I'm tired of it. They're siblings. Like you gotta think they're siblings, right? And so siblings fight. Siblings don't get along, and some siblings will drive wedges between them that will last till they're dead. And so he could have, he could have easily, but instead, he was full of forgiveness and love and meekness, and he imported the Lord and said, Please, can we not maybe destroy her life and ours. And I love that. I love the I love the story of forgiveness and redemption and all the things I love it.
Tamara Anderson 33:34
There's so much to be taken from this amazing account. I wish we knew more of Miriam's story. I really, really do. I'm sure there are just dozens and maybe even hundreds of stories of her life, and we only have these little snippets to to learn a little bit about her. And I think what I love about her is that she was brave and bold for a woman in those days, you know, she was not super submissive. She was she stood up and she was brave and praising God. And it sounds like she was pretty brave when she didn't agree with something, you know, but she also took this punishment and was humbled. And so I think we can learn from her example that it's okay to stand up and be a woman of God and to speak out, and God will correct us if he needs to, and humble us, but just keep loving and praising God. I think that's that's my, my big takeaway from Miriam and her story. Takeaway, Wendy and then Amy,
Wendi Christensen 34:49
I just think you just said it so well. Tamara, I'm not sure how to, you know, add to the beauty of what you just said. But just again, that Miriam was so dedicated to God that. What stands out the most to me, all of our life, all of her life, she was so dedicated and so true to understanding and following him. And like you said, it gives us like we all need to be humbled, and it's okay when we're humbled. You know, even Miriam had to be humbled and called out.
Wendi Christensen 35:22
And I think that's just a good reminder to always keep ourselves in check, but that we could also be favorite of the Lord and be important to him. She's one of the few women that's mentioned in the Bible we get to talk about them. It's so fun to talk about them, and she has this beautiful story about being the prophetess and the brother of Moses and I, as Amy was talking, the last thing I was thinking was, here he was adopted into a whole another family, but yet he reunites with his biological brother and sister, and is close to them, and they're close to him all throughout their lives, and what a special bond that must have been for the three of them as the biological family of his of Moses's, and that connection, that dear, sweet connection that they all had, and the love that they all had for each other, It's beautiful to see and watch.
Tamara Anderson 36:21
Amy final takeaway?
Amy Johnson 36:23
I just, I just think for me, when I when I read scripture, I always, I look for two things. Number one, what qualities do I have that they're talking about here? And the second question is, how can I improve upon those qualities that are mentioned here, even if I have them, how can I improve upon them? And so when I when I look at the story of Miriam, I see humility, I see meekness, I see faith, and then I also see judgment. And so I, I look at those things, and I I just see how, now, what? Now? What for me, a How can I be less judgmental and more humble, more faithful and more meek and more forgiving? Because of Moses, he's kind of thrown in there, and he does his little forgiveness thing. How can I be more of the good and little bit less of the bad? And so I think for me, Miriam is a symbol of of all of that going from all the way from judgmental and faithful at the same time, basically, to forgiven and humble.
Tamara Anderson 37:44
Yeah, love it all right, friends, thanks for joining us today. We hope you've been able to take something from the story of Miriam you can apply to your own life, and maybe just be a little less judgmental, a little more humble in your approach to others today.
Tamara Anderson 38:04
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