Comments on: Exodus 1:15 – 2:10

By: phil green

phil green — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:46:57 +0000

I can’t help but think what a roller-coaster ride it must have been for Moses’ Mum. Can you imagine the tears and emotions she must have gone through as she stood at the edge of the river as she pushed her son’s basket into the reeds.

And then, thanks to the brilliance and ingenuity of her other daughter she gets to receive him back again..What must that have been like for her? Maybe sometimes we have to be willing to give even truly imprtant things up…or even away…ino rder to receive them back again!

..and then..a bit later she has to prepare herself to give him away for a second time as she offers, without any coercion it would appear to present him to Pharoah’s daughter for adoption in order to ensure her son’s safety.

What a lady she was! Can’t wait to sit down and talk to her when we meet in heaven!

By: Sitham A

Sitham A — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:41:51 +0000

I am deeply touched by the courage of the midwives! Richard’s use of the word “holocaust” for this sex-selective mass-murder made the link for me to a nearly forgotten quote, re-emerging on a postcard I bought yesterday:

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me–
and there was no one left to speak out for me.

(Martin Niemoeller 1946 (?) )

May I – at all times – have insight, courage and creativity for nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to avoid Niemoeller’s experience!

By: Andy Wain

Andy Wain — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:50:08 +0000

I love the way Moses’ mum could still be his mum even after being desperate enough to send him floating down the river. Only God could do something like that

By: Emma Wolfindale

Emma Wolfindale — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:17:45 +0000

I got this froma commentary and thought it was interesting.

“But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied — To the grief and vexation of the Egyptians. Times of affliction, have oft been the church’s growing times: Christianity spread most when it was persecuted.”

The reason Pharaoh wanted to kill them all is because they were multiplying so fast.

By: Dot Gosling

Dot Gosling — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:46:24 +0000

I wonder what Moses looked like – or how his mum saw there was something special!! I thought both of my daughters was special – (still do, I hasten to add, even when they do my head in!!)

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:18:02 +0000

I love the way that the midwives, out of respect to God, disobeyed the authority of the land as it was unjust and ungodly.
We have just recently as a family had to stand firm for what we believe to be a right and just way of my wife being treated at work rather that bullying that she was being subjected to by the boss. It meant as a result that work became so intolerable that she left…but, just as God honoured the midwives actions and as a result the amazing man of Moses came to be so God has honoured us by opening amazing avenues for my wife to serve and connect in a way that would not have been possible before. I can wait to see what her “Moses” will be!
It does pose the question however of when, as Christians, are we called to make a stand and when is it that we have to accept a situation?…I guess it’s down to prayer and switching your spiritual ears on!

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:16:51 +0000

By: richard

richard — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:15:00 +0000

lucy.. daughters can often get away with murder… or rather the opposite in this case

By: Ant

Ant — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:03:47 +0000

I love the thought that because the midwives honoured God through their jobs, He blessed them.
I suppose it tells us how we should carry out our jobs.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:05:38 +0000

Did the pharoah not get angry with his daughter for adopting a Hebrew baby? I suppose he might not have known, or perhaps he does get mad and I dont’ know the story too well….