Grass Roots Grace

Exodus 2:1-10

The role of the sister is especially touching. We can’t be certain what the specific hope was in placing the baby in the basket, but the concern for his well-being was certainly expressed in and through his sister. Then she appears at the side of the princess, suggesting for the baby a Hebrew nurse, who just happens to turn out to be the mother. The mother will even get paid to look after her own son! How sweet is that?

The gracious disposition of the Egyptian princess, the love of the family, the actions of the sister; they all add up to grace and love in the midst of official suspicion and oppression.

Prayer:
Lord, may we experience and notice, in this day, something of the grace that is to be found at the bulrushes-roots level, in the midst of a surrounding environment of seemingly overwhelming powers. Through Christ. Amen.