1.6.26 – Miriam
The Kansas City trip is wet, wet, wet! Water everywhere. Water always makes me think of Miriam, whose name has water ( mayim ) built into it, but her name also contains bitter ( marah ). Which one is it? Yes. If we are going to give Miriam a tribute from God's perspective, we will have to understand something about God Himself. One of His many names, which describes much more than His almighty character, is El Shaddai (God Almighty) (Gen. 17:1). Yet with this name, there is much more than His name implies—even though there is nothing mightier! We know that man was created in the image of God, both male and female (Gen. 1:26–28), but there is something extra special about the woman. She is the capstone to all of God's creation. She is the completer of man and the one to whom the man clings (Gen. 2:24). She is the one who takes away his aloneness (Gen. 2:18). The male produces the seed, but the woman brings it to life (Gen. 3:20), and she is the one who nurtures th...