By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's command.
Hebrews 11:23
Recommended Reading
Exodus 2:1-4
Experienced hikers in the wild know better than to come between a mother bear and her cubs. And the same goes for mother lions, elephants, and other beasts on the plains of Africa. But it could also have been said about a Hebrew mother among the captive slaves in Egypt.
When Pharaoh ordered that Hebrew newborn males were to be killed, he didn't count on the resourcefulness of one Hebrew mother. This mother took her baby boy and hid him in a basket in the river Nile where he was found and adopted by the daughter of Pharaoh. That's right--we're talking about the mother of Moses (and Aaron and Miriam, Moses' brother and sister). The Bible says she knew there was something special about this boy, and she was "not afraid of [Pharaoh's] command." Pharaoh's first mistake was trying to come between the mother of Moses and her baby!
Today is a good day to thank God for mothers who fight for their children's lives when they are threatened.
There is more power in a mother's hand than in a King's scepter.
Billy Sunday
Daily Smile:
YOU KNOW YOU ARE GETTING OLDER WHEN.....
1. You and your teeth don't sleep together.
2. You try to straighten out the wrinkles in your socks and discover you aren't wearing any.
3. At the breakfast table you hear snap, crackle, pop and you're not eating cereal.
4. Your back goes out but you stay home.
5. It takes two tries to get up from the couch.
6. Your idea of a night out is sitting on the patio.
7. You say something to your kids that your mother said to you, and you always hated it.
8. All you want for your birthday is to not be reminded of your age.
9. You step off a curb and look down one more time to make sure the street is still there.
10. Your idea of weight lifting is standing up.
11. Your address book has mostly names that start with Dr.
12. The pharmacist has become your new best friend.
13. It takes twice as long -- to look half as good.
14. You have more hair in your ears and nose than on your head.
15. Everything either dries up or leaks.
In The News:
Delaware Becomes 11th State With Gay Marriage
Delaware became the 11th state to legalize same-sex marriage after a
lengthy debate Tuesday in the state Senate and the surprise votes of two
lawmakers, USA TODAY reports.
A half-hour after the 12-9 Senate vote, Gov. Jack Markell signed the
legislation into law on the main stairs in the lobby of Legislative
Hall. Democratic Sen. Bethany Hall-Long and Republican Sen. Catherine
Cloutier provided the swing votes in favor of the legislation; Cloutier
was the lone Republican yes vote in the Senate and one of two in the
General Assembly as a whole. According to the bill, Delaware residents
will be able to enter into same-sex marriage effective July 1. The law
provides a mechanism for converting existing same-sex civil unions
established in Delaware to marriages.
First Eight Days: 2,381 'Gay' Jason Collins News Stories, 115 Gosnell Abortion-Murder Trial Stories
In the first eight days after NBA player Jason Collins announced
he was gay, the news media covered the story in 2,381 places -- but in
the first eight days of the trial of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell and
his "House of Horrors" facility, the media covered the story in only
115 places, meaning that Collins' "gay" news received more than 1,970
percent more news coverage, CNSNews.com reports.
In addition, a search of the news coverage of the Gosnell trial, which
started on March 18, shows there have been a total of 1,876 stories,
still less than the amount of Collins stories in eight days. Collins,
who plays center for the Washington Wizards, announced he was a
homosexual in a self-written article for the Sports Illustrated website
on April 29. Gosnell is charged with five counts of murder and 263 other
criminal offenses related to his abortion business in Philadelphia; the
jury is still deliberating.
Report: Two-Thirds of 'Worst Violators of Religious Freedom' are Muslim Countries
Ten out of the 15 countries with the worst religious freedom abuses are
Muslim nations, according to the recently released U.S. Commission on
International Religious Freedom 2013 Annual Report, which identifies the
status of religious freedom throughout the world and cites countries
that are the least tolerant, the Christian Post reports.
The 15 most intolerant countries, identified as "countries of
particular concern," cited in this year's report are Burma, China,
Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi
Arabia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Of
these, 10 are Muslim countries. The nearly 400-page report details a
range of human rights violations occurring in these countries. According
to USCIRF chairwoman Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, the state of
international freedom around the world is "increasingly dire" because of
"religious extremists… [who] target religious minorities and dissenters
from majority religious communities for violence, including physical
assaults and even murder." The report suggests a number of reforms the
United States could recommend to each country, in concert with the
United Nations, that could coincide with economic and humanitarian
assistance or sanctions.
U.S. Calls on North Korea to Release American Christian From Prison
The United States is calling on North Korea to release a
Korean-American Christian sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, CBN News reports.
Washington state resident Kenneth Bae, 44, entered North Korea on a
tourist visa and was arrested Nov. 3 in the city of Rason, near the
border with China and Russia. North Korea's Supreme Court convicted Bae
of attempting to topple the government and other unspecified "hostile
acts" against the state. "We've had long-standing concerns about the
lack of transparency and due process in the North Korean legal system,"
U.S. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said. "So, now that Mr.
Bae has gone through the legal process, we urge the DPRK to grant him
amnesty and immediate release." Friends and colleagues say Bae is a
devout Christian who frequently traveled to North Korea to feed orphans;
Doo Hee Yoon, an activist based in South Korea, told AFP he may have
been detained for photographing emaciated children. Bae is the sixth
American to be detained by the Communist state since 2009, and his
sentencing comes amid heightened tensions between North Korea and the
United States. Analysts have speculated North Korea could be using Bae
as bait to get a high-profile American to visit the country.
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