Moses

What a blessed man Moses was, and I guess I am not going to mention the very obvious reason that He was chosen to be one of God's great leaders. No I am going to say how blessed Moses was to have such amazing women in his life. Really if one thinks about it he owes his life to God (of course) and to 3 very amazing women. Firstly and most importantly to his mother. This woman put her life and most likely her whole family's life in danger in order that Moses could live. Everyday for 3 months she would have had to be there every moment with him so that he would not have had to cry. She would have needed to know what was wrong with him even before anything was obvious. Think about it- Moses had to be hidden from everyone else and therefore he would have not been able to cry, as a crying baby would have been a very obvious giveaway that there was a baby around. So 24 hours a day she most likely would have had Moses by her side. I know as a mother that you just feel such relief at the end of a day when you put the children to bed and you know that you then have an evening to yourself. So many people would say when I had young babies that I should then go to bed while they were sleeping because they would be waking soon but I didn't because I wanted to have some time just to myself. Poor Jochobed didn't get that peace until he was 3 months. But then again I am sure she would have continued doing it for as long as necessary but she then had to make such a difficult decision. She took her tiny 'beautiful' baby and put him into a river that was the home of crocodiles- CROCODILES! What an enormous amount of faith in her heavenly father she must have had to put her tiny baby boy into that basket and -let go-.

Then by God's grace Moses then found his way into the bull rushes where Pharaoh's daughter found him. Maybe this was the plan of Jochobed but we can not be sure. Who could have predicted what would happen next. We all just take it for granted that this woman would show mercy and take this baby in, but considering the circumstances that surround it. One lady at our bible study today mentioned that Moses was said to be beautiful because that would have made him more attractive for Pharaoh's daughter. But even if this is correct Pharaoh's daughter must have been quite something too in saving Moses' life. Can you imagine- hello dad, hello husband, look what I found today. Yes father I know you said that they all had to die but I have decided to keep this one as my own. I wrong it might look a bit funny to everyone else that your daughter is disobeying your decree but I AM keeping him.
Amazing really aren't these women. I won't mention Miriam right now because a) this blog is long enough and B)I am doing the next study and it is on Mariam so I want to think her through some more.
One other thing I wanted to note was just how blessed I am to have women of similar character to these women. No I wasn't going to be thrown in the river at birth, but I have women who have looked after me and protected me. My mother took care of my needs as a child. She also sheltered me by sending me to school where I was in a Christian environment. Even now she gives me encouragement and help with raising my own children. My other mother provides comfort and encouragement and relief, she spurs me on to be a good mother and to protect my family as she has hers. Listen I could go on and on about all these ladies I know who provide me with such excellent examples of faith, courage and strength as women and mothers but I have written so much already. I think I might without naming names do that in upcoming blogs because I really want to share these wonderful people I have in my life.