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The Basket in the Reeds

God can keep you safe in the very place you feared the most.

Exodus 2:1-10··58s with narration

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In Egypt, a mother had to hide her baby boy. So she made a little basket.

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She set it in the reeds of the river. His big sister watched from far away.

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And who came down to the river? Pharaoh’s own daughter.

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The baby cried. And her heart melted.

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The very house that wanted to harm him… became the house that kept him safe.

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And his own mother got to hold him again. His name was Moses.

“And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him.”
Exodus 2:6 (KJV)

God can keep you safe in the very place you feared the most.

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