Exodus 2:5 Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it.
Isaiah 55:8 comes to mind as I read today’s scripture: “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.”
Exodus 2:6 She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.
I am absolutely certain that whatever this mother had imagined for her son, this was not it. That he would be raised by the Pharaoh’s daughter. That she, his mother, would get to continue to nurture and love him, no longer in secret.
Exodus 2:7 Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?”
Precious Savior, Thank You that Your ways are beyond anything we can imagine. Forgive us that we think we know the plans You have for us, we hope and dream and plan and don’t even realize we aren’t dreaming big enough, bold enough. Help us to trust You. Always. Amen.
Exodus 2:8 “Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother.
Have a blessed day.