Mother’s Day Reflection:
Courage in the Crisis
This Mother’s Day we celebrate the protective love of mothers, and we find a powerful example in an unlikely hero from Scripture: Jochebed, the mother of Moses (Exodus 1:15–2:10).
In a time of brutal oppression, Pharaoh ordered the death of every Hebrew baby boy. Yet two midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, “feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live” (Exodus 1:17). Their courage opened the door for Jochebed’s even greater act of faith.
When her son was born, “she hid him for three months. But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile” (Exodus 2:2-3). Imagine the tears as she entrusted her baby to the very river meant to destroy him.
What happened next is pure divine irony. Pharaoh’s own daughter discovered the basket, felt compassion, and—through the quick thinking of Moses’ sister Miriam—hired the baby’s own mother to nurse him. Jochebed was paid to raise her own son in the palace of the enemy!
Jochebed’s story reminds every mother that courageous protection does not mean perfect control—it means doing everything you can and then releasing your child into the hands of a sovereign God. Whether you face cultural pressures, health challenges, rebellious teens, or the ache of empty arms, God sees your quiet faithfulness.
To every mother, step-mother, grandmother, spiritual mother, and woman who nurtures others: your hidden acts of faith matter. The same God who turned a basket into a palace nursery is still at work today.
And for all of us, this story points forward to Jesus Christ—the greater Deliverer drawn out of death so that we might live. May we fear the Lord more than any “Pharaoh” in our lives and trust Him with the children—biological and spiritual—He has entrusted to us.
Happy Mother’s Day! You are loved, seen, and never alone in the crisis.
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