Exodus 2:5-10 NIV
[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. [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. [7] Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?” [8] “Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother. [9] Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him. [10] When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.”
I feel like there’s one mother in the Bible that really doesn’t get a lot of credit, and that is Moses’ mother. No, not his biological mother but his adopted mother. Pharaoh, the man who sent out the command to kill all the Hebrew male babies born during the time of Moses, was her father.
Now, Pharaoh could have easily looked at the Hebrew male child, sentenced him and his daughter to death, then called it a day. Even though this was a high possibility, Pharaoh’s daughter still took the Hebrew baby as her own and named him Moses.
There are so many children out there seeking a mother figure in their lives. You don’t even necessarily need to adopt them, that may not be in your cards, but just loving another as you would love your own child is sometimes all it takes to make a positive difference in the life of another.
Dear LORD, please help me to be the mother my children need and a mother to any other child that may need a mother’s love. Show me how to love and care for someone in need so that they might not be alone but might see You through me. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.