Once upon a time, a King dreamt that a baby boy from a different ethnic group would be born to claim his throne. The King ordered his guards to kill each one of the baby boys born within this ethnic group.
The chosen boy’s mother was distraught when she found out about the King’s order. She prayed arduously to God, who told her: “If you are afraid for your boy, put him in a basket on the river”. It was incredible, for a mother to put her son in the river, and God gave her strength. God whispered in her ear: “Your son will be taken by an enemy of yours and raised in their house”.
The mother’s sister followed the river to see where the boy would end and God led the boy to be seen by the First Lady, who loved the child the moment she saw him. The boy refused to be breastfed by any nurse, so after many trials, he was sent back to his mother’s house, after the stepmother convinced the King to allow him at Court.
That boy became the first humanitarian worker and saved his people from punishment. His name was Moses.
We all know the story of Moses, but we must celebrate the importance of Moses’ mother, his aunt and the wife of pharaoh, and their strength and leadership skills within the community.
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