Midwives Defy Pharaoh

Call in the New Testament The Beginning of a Call Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5)    A Regal Response to Holy Light Exodus 1:15-22 New International Version 15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 “When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.” 17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live. 18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?” 19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.” 20 So God was kind to the midwives, and the people increased and became even more numerous. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own. 22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.” For Reflection Acting upon one's beliefs in God is a courageous response to the call for righteousness. Moses was thrown into the Nile but in a boat.  The letter of Pharoah's law was followed, but creative believers fulfilled the intent of God's will. Pray Pray so that your divine gift of creativity will animate your compassionate response to injustice. Pray for patient anticipation of God's divine justice.  Pray and accept God's call to collaborate in God's will. Forward to a friend