Walking with eyes WIDE open …
Our Moses basket is ready and we wait with hope! The decision to release a child to adoptive parents is one that takes incredible fortitude and strength from above. We continue to pray for birth parents and wait in FAITH for a little one handpicked by the Lord. Look back with me at one of the earliest stories of open adoption … a true account from Exodus 2 in the Bible where we see a set of Hebrew parents from the house of Levi. They gave birth to a son (later to be named Moses) during a time of difficult oppression – a season of bitter slavery in Egypt. We first meet Amram, the birth father, and then Jochebed, the birth mother. They were two parents who longed to see the Lord fulfill a good plan for their baby. This mom had no doubt her son was “a fine child”, so “hid him for three months” against the Pharaoh’s evil decree (verse 2). Jochebed knew her infant’s life was in significant danger, but trusted her Heavenly Father and wisely formed a plan to protect his precious li