I've always been fascinated with the story of how God protected Moses...the Pharaoh had ordered all newborn Hebrew males to be drowned, but Moses' mother fashioned a basket out of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and placed Moses inside. Then, she set the baby-filled basket in the Nile River - the very water the other baby boys were being drowned in. Miriam, Moses' sister, kept a protective watch over the basket on its journey down the Nile, towards it's unbelievable final destination, the palace of the Pharaoh himself! The Pharaoh's daughter spied the basket and requests that it be brought to her. As she opened the basket, she instantly recognizes that Moses is a Hebrew baby. But, Moses' cry touches her heart and she takes pity on him. Miriam enters the scene and asks if the princess would like her to find Hebrew wet nurse to nurse the baby. When the princess wholeheartedly agrees, Miriam runs to get none other than Moses' own mother! Today, as I was reading, a new little factoid registered in my brain...Exodus 2:9 tells us that the princess commands Moses' mother to take him home and nurse him, and as if that isn't enough, Moses' mother will be paid for her efforts.
Ah, the blessings of faith. Moses' mother trusted in God's protective hand over her son...she'd hidden him for the first three months of his life and then set him off in a basket down the Nile River. This story enriches my own faith. I pray that God will increase my faith this day.
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