I almost called this post. “How to be used by God (passed Easter)” because I feel like we can find it really easy to share the gospel during festive periods such as:
Easter
Christmas and so on
But then struggle to do so when all the hype is over; in our every day lives. Can you relate, lovely?
Well, the female donkey that Jesus rode into Jerusalem gives us 5 simple steps to overcoming this and making it happen- all of which I shared on my Facebook page this week via the (live) video below.
This week (October 3rd to be exact) was my birthday and- it wasn't just any birthday- it was my 30th! Also, although I didn't actually make it public until late November, this month will mark a year since I started this blog with a view to:
To celebrate, I am going to share my top 30 women of the Bible along with what they taught me either about Christian womanhood/femininity or life in general. So, in alphabetical order, here goes!
In the last 2 weeks we have been studying the women that were instrumental in Moses' life. They were:
Today we will be discussing his adopted mother, who was the Pharaoh's daughter.
Through our study of Jochebed, we talked about how Moses came to be adopted by the Pharaoh's daughter. According to Exodus 2:2-4:
"...when [Jochebed] saw that [Moses] was a beautiful child. she hid him three months. But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river bank. And his sister (Miriam) stood afar off, to know what would be done to him"
What ended up happening is that the Pharaoh's daughter discovered Moses when she went to bathe in the river, accompanied by her maidens. However, although she realised that he was a Hebrew child, Exodus 2:6 says that "she had compassion on him" and spared his life. This was despite the fact that her father, the Pharaoh, had ordered that all Hebrew male children be killed at birth (Exodus 1:15-17). Miriam, noting her compassion, was then bold enough to approach the Pharaoh's daughter and ask if she should go and call a Hebrew woman to nurse him for her. Two remarkable things then happened:
Pharaoh's daughter therefore has much to teach us about the concept of mercy. If you prefer, you can listen to the rest of this devotional via the audio below rather than continuing to read. Feel free to download and share it with your loved ones as well:
Today's interview comes from Dyani of whatamightygodweserve.tumblr.com, where she shares posts that inspire. Read on as Dyani shares her views on Eve (her favourite woman of the Bible), why she identifies with her and what we, as modern women, can learn from Eve:
Today's interview comes from Mercy, a great woman of faith who, in her own words:
"[believes] a servant's heart is paramount in how we should live our lives. We are our brothers' or sisters' keeper and therefore I'm always looking for ways to impact others".
With that being said you can see why Mercy chose to tackle the timely subject of the importance of acknowledging the contributions of the women of the Bible so that we (as modern women) can, not only be impacted by their stories but, have role-models to relate to, identify with and "pass onto our next generation of Christian women":
