In Exodus 1, we read about two Hebrew midwives who defied the order of Pharaoh to kill all male children born to Hebrew women. Their names were Shiphrah and Puah (Exodus 1:15) and they have spectacular meanings*:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shiphrah\ud83c\udf1f: “Brilliant,” from the Hebrew word that means “to shine”. It also connotes “pleasing, calm, composed, beauty or loveliness; a canopy under which peace and stability may be achieved.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Puah \ud83e\udea9: “To glitter,” also, “splendid, radiant.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These women were lights in a dark time because they feared God more than Pharaoh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nTherefore God dwelt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared [revered] God, that he made them houses [households].<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Exodus 1:20-21<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Here are two takeaways,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- God dwells with those who love Him and serve Him. He blesses them well, along with the people they love.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Be a light to somebody today! Like Shiphrah, your light can be a place of peace and stability to a friend. Like glitter (Puah’s name meaning), your trail of righteous influence can remain long after you leave the room.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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*Name meanings taken from the Abarim publications website. Emily Belle Freeman also contributed to my appreciation of this passage of scripture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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