Miriam - Mesu Andrews

Miriam’s Scavenger Hunt

Mesu AndrewsFeatured Articles 33 Comments

Thanks to my fabulous BFF team for coordinating this scavenger hunt blog hop to celebrate the launch of Miriam, my second book in the Treasures of the Nile series!

Miriam Scavenger Hunt Blog Hop

My page is the start of the hunt, and you’ll finish your journey at Mommynificent.com. At the bottom of this post, you can find the full list of stops for the entire hunt. Between March 15th and 20th, click on the next link, head over to the page, meet a new book-lover, and read their thoughts about Miriam.

Somewhere in each post there will be a single word that is in BOLD AND ALL CAPITALS. Write it down. (The words “Home” and “Good Luck” are not secret words for anyone.)

Then, go to the next stop. That post will also have a word that’s bolded and capitalized. You will need to visit all 14 blogs as each one will have a word that you need. Once you reach the end and have found all the words, you will have found an inspirational quote from the book Miriam.

There are 14 words in this quote. Enter the quote into the Rafflecopter on the last stop and you will be entered to win a Kindle Fire! (Open to U.S. residents only)

If you have any questions, get lost, or experience any technical difficulties, you may email Tina at tina{at}mommynificent{dot}com for help.

Now, let’s talk about the book…

Miriam by Mesu Andrews

About the Book

Title: Miriam

Author: Mesu Andrews

Series: Treasures of the Nile, Book 2

Publication Date: March 15, 2016

Publisher: WaterBrook Press

Print Length: 384 pages

Summary from the publisher: At eighty-six, Miriam had devoted her entire life to loving El Shaddai and serving His people as both midwife and messenger. Yet when her brother Moses returns to Egypt from exile, he brings a disruptive message. God has a new name – Yahweh – and has declared a radical deliverance for the Israelites.

Miriam and her beloved family face an impossible choice: cling to familiar bondage or embrace uncharted freedom at an unimaginable cost. Even if the Hebrews survive the plagues set to turn the Nile to blood and unleash a maelstrom of frogs and locusts, can they weather the resulting fury of the Pharaoh?

Enter an exotic land where a cruel Pharaoh reigns, pagan priests wield black arts, and the Israelites cry out to a God they only think they know.

My Thoughts about Miriam

This was a special project for me because I wrote Miriam with a personal consultant, someone who could give insight into Miriam’s physical, emotional, and spiritual being that I–as a fifty-two year-old woman–might not understand. I needed the perspective of my eighty-six year-old mama to better understand the end-of-life feelings that would have turned Miriam’s life upside down when YAHWEH decided to change everything.

Can you imagine at all the change they endured? Granted, the Israelites were freed from bondage, but think about the uncertainty they faced. They’d never seen this Promised Land of Canaan. Most hadn’t stepped outside of Goshen. Honestly, I don’t even like shopping at a different grocery store!

Perhaps the scariest change of all came in Miriam’s view of her God. Throughout her life He’d been quiet, powerful, and faithful…in a distant sort of way. But with Moses’s return from Midian, YAHWEH began showing His power in epic, sweeping displays–unpredictable at best, terrifying at worst. How could she explain Him to others when she wasn’t sure of the answers to her own questions?

Perhaps the greatest lesson I learned while writing Miriam lies at the end of this scavenger hunt–in the inspirational quote you’ll find. Have fun on your next stop!

Keep reading for your chance to win a free copy of both Treasures of the Nile novels…

About The Author

Author Mesu AndrewsMesu Andrews is the award-winning author of Love Amid the Ashes, Love’s Sacred Song, Love in a Broken Vessel, In the Shadow of Jezebel, as well as two books in her Treasures of the Nile series: The Pharoah’s Daughter and Miriam. Winner of the 2012 ECPA Christian Book Award for New Author, she has devoted herself to passionate and intense study of Scripture, bringing the biblical world vividly alive for her readers. She lives in Washington.

Mesu’s Website * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads

Stops on the Scavenger Hunt

  1. Mesu Andrews
  2. A Holland Reads
  3. Mother of Three
  4. Just A Second
  5. Grace and Glory
  6. Angela Arndt – Joy on the Back Roads
  7. God’s Peculiar Treasure Rae
  8. What If
  9. Carole Towriss
  10. Kate Hodges, Storyteller
  11. Backing Books
  12. Creative Madness Mama
  13. Climbing to the High Calling
  14. Mommynificent

Win Both Treasure of the Nile Books

My fabulous publisher, WaterBrook Press, has given each blogger permission to give one lucky winner one copy of my Treasures of the Nile series–a copy of both The Pharoah’s Daughter and Miriam. To enter on my blog, all you have to do is leave a comment below. (Open to U.S. residents only.)

Comments 33

  2. I Love the insight the Lord gives you. We as readers are able to learn both the history of the Bible and have insight to the characters..Thanks so much for the opportunity to win the Treasures Of The Nile.

    Reply
    1. Post
      Author
    1. Post
      Author
    1. Post
      Author
    1. Post
      Author

  6. I’m anxious to read your new book and learn more about Miriam! How fortunate you are to have your mother to share ideas with!

    Reply
    1. Post
      Author

  7. Am so glad you wrote Miriam. Did you hear me yell ” what you can end this story with the birth of the baby!”, I was so surprised at the ending on the last page. Love your writing so much! Hugs

    Reply
    1. Post
      Author
    1. Post
      Author

      Hi Beth!
      My sweet friend, Tina, is taking care of all the technical difficulties. You can email Tina at tina{at}mommynificent{dot}com for help. She’s FABULOUS! It may be tonight before she gets back with you…she’s in Malaysia. 😉

      Reply

  9. Finding some really good devotional materials from reading Miriam, Mesu! I love so many of your quotes, and as I listed them, I also wrote down other passages that lined up with the truth you wrote and can be applied to teaching today!
    Thanks!

    Reply
    1. Post
      Author

  10. I love reading fictional stories about bible characters because there is always some insight that I gain that makes them easier to relate to. Thanks so much for the fun scavenger hunt and giveaway!

    Reply
    1. Post
      Author

  11. It’s great that you are offering this fun scavenger hunt and giveaway! I enjoyed the hunt myself and am excited to be promoting it on all my social media pages! Most especially, thank you for writing such wonderful books! I already can’t wait until your next one comes out!

    Reply
    1. Post
      Author
    1. Post
      Author

  13. Pingback: REAL PEOPLE, REAL GOD Podcast Intro - Mesu Andrews

  14. I so enjoyed reading about your experience writing Miriam. This scavenger hunt is so cool! Miriam is just as good as everyone says. Love your books, Mesu!

    Reply
    1. Post
      Author

  15. Something that hit me at the beginning of this book, Miriam would not have been a young woman or in her 30s as she seems to always be portrayed. Since Moses was 80, she WOULD have been much in her mind 80 s too. And while 80s might have been different back then, women were still done with things like menopause, (Sarai had laughed at the idea of having kids because she was past child bearing years, and that was over 500 years before Miriam was born.

    Reply

    1. Doesn’t it make a HUGE difference to our understanding of Scripture when we stop to get the FACTS! I love how it comes alive when we realize these folks were real people and we acknowledge their humanness…flaws and victories. 😉

      Reply
    1. Post
      Author
    1. Post
      Author

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *