đź“– “A man from the family of Levi married a Levite woman. The woman became pregnant and had a son. She saw there was something special about him and hid him. She hid him for three months. When she couldn’t hide him any longer she got a little basket-boat made of papyrus, waterproofed it with tar and pitch, and placed the child in it. Then she set it afloat in the reeds at the edge of the Nile. The baby’s older sister found herself a vantage point a little way off and watched to see what would happen to him. Pharaoh’s daughter came down to the Nile to bathe; her maidens strolled on the bank. She saw the basket-boat floating in the reeds and sent her maid to get it. She opened it and saw the child—a baby crying! Her heart went out to him. She said, “This must be one of the Hebrew babies.” Then his sister was before her: “Do you want me to go and get a nursing mother from the Hebrews so she can nurse the baby for you?” Pharaoh’s daughter said, “Yes. Go.” The girl went and called the child’s mother. Pharaoh’s daughter told her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me. I’ll pay you.” The woman took the child and nursed him.” -Exodus 2:1-9 The Message  

Many are familiar with the story of Moses. Pharoah had given the order that every male baby born should be killed. Moses’ mom wasn’t having it. She knew that there was something special about her son, and she refused to let her son perish. She placed her son in the basket and put Moses in God’s Hand. God’s Hand stayed on Moses for the rest of his life. Thank God for praying mothers. Thank God for mothers who refused to allow the devil to have their children and put their children in God’s Hands. We have a responsibility to raise our children in the fear and admonition of the Lord and while we are doing that, we place them in God’s Hands. We place them in His Hands of guidance, nourishment, and protection. As we honor the mothers all over the world today, we remind you to keep your children in God’s Hands, there is no better place for them to be. 

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