Brandi was teaching the preschool kids on Sunday morning about Moses being drawn from the Nile, and (this may be heretical, but) I was thinking about several types of God represented in three women.
In this story, Moses could be a type for all of humanity, condemned to death. Pharaoh's daughter could represent Christ in the sense that she rescued Moses from the curse of death for all (boys) and made Moses an heir of the kingdom. Moses's sister (presumably Miriam) could represent the Holy Spirit in the sense that she oversaw Moses's rescue by Pharaoh's daughter and guided Moses to nourishment and care by his mother, who in this case, could represent the Heavenly Father.
It feels a little weird to me to see the Holy Trinity in the three ladies in this story, but I think it is an artifact of my culture as opposed to a Biblical basis why God would preclude revaluation of Himself through a particular gender. (Gal. 3:28 may have some relevance).
Heavenly Father, I believe that you are compassionate and motherly. You nourish us and protect us. Lord Jesus, you rescued us from certain death, and you have made us co-heirs with you. Holy Spirit, you stay with us, watch over us, and guide us to the Father. Thank you for revealing yourself to us. I love you, and I pray in the name of Jesus.
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