January 31st

January 31st -- Exodus 1:8-2:10 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%201:8-2:10&version=NLT)

So this section's kind of about how slavery in Egypt got worse under a new king and then a bit about Moses' birth.

So basically a new king takes over who feels that the Israelites are becoming a threat to the Egyptians, so he made them into slaves. However, the harsher the Egyptians were on them, the more Isrealites there were.

The Pharaoh tells the midwives to kill the Hebrew boys, but they were Christian so they refused. When asked why, they came up with an excuse as to why they "couldn't". SO, Pharaoh orders all the Hebrew boys

Then along comes Moses. He manages to be hidden for 3 months. But then he couldn't be hidden anymore, so his mother puts him in a basket and puts him in the Nile. His sister watches only to see him be picked up by Pharaoh's daughter. She hires Moses actual mother to nurse him. Then she names him Moses.

I really don't have more thoughts on this, except that it's cool that God worked it out so that Pharaoh's daughter took in Moses despite his being Hebrew, and also that it was his mother that was picked to raise him. God really plans it all despite how small we are next to Him. He is just SO incredible.

That's all, folks!
God bless! :D