Miriam - Her Promise

Miriam - Her Promise

Miriam’s story offers an extraordinary example of God’s willingness to forgive those who sin. Though she had to pay the consequences for her actions — seven days of exclusion from the camp and from all those who loved her — she reentered the camp a forgiven woman. Hundreds of years later, she is remembered by the prophet Micah as a leader of Israel with Moses and Aaron (Micah 6:4).

Such liberating forgiveness is available to us as well as to Miriam. God looks with judgment at our sin, waits patiently for our repentance, and then eagerly offers his forgiveness and acceptance. We reenter fellowship with him renewed and clean and forgiven. Our repentance turns a legacy of judgment and punishment into a legacy of forgiveness and worthiness before God.

Promises in Scripture

Praise the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits —

who forgives all your sins.

— Psalm 103:2 – 3

Who is a God like you,
who pardons sin and forgives transgression?

— Micah 7:18

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

— 1 John 1:9