PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER WENT DOWN TO BATHE

PRAYER MOMENT       

Tuesday 14 July  2015

PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER WENT DOWN TO BATHE

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: Now Pharaoh’s daughter went down to bathe and among the reeds she noticed the basket and she sent her maid to fetch it. She opened it and looked and saw a baby boy.” (Exodus 2:1-15)

Reflection. We often hear the infancy story of key figures in the bible – Isaac, Jacob, Samuel and Moses. They illustrate God’s care for these chosen people, who would be leaders of Israel, from their earliest years. This care, this work, this love, is not just for the few whose stories we have. It is for every person and for all of us. It is true, some children are born in misery and with no start in life. But that is not God’s plan. Poverty and injustice is the way we have twisted his creation. His plan is to care for us and He works constantly and “deep down things” to bring all things to the best for us. But he cannot force us. For example, we cannot see the Greek debt crisis simply as a matter of fixing something. There is a deeper meaning to that struggle and all struggles.  

Prayer. Lord, you are at work in your creation. Help us to know that you are with us in our struggles – be they ever so hard. Amen.

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