Dear God,
Why is life so unfair? I hoped and prayed that You
were real and would save us, and sometimes it looked like You were going to
come through and now it seems like You aren't even there.
I begged and begged for a baby brother and I
finally got one. My best friend Sarah begged too, and her mom had a baby too.
Then, when our Mamas were pregnant, Pharaoh told the midwives to kill all the
baby boys right when they were born, but Miss Shiphrah, the midwife, said that
she believes in you so she told Mama to try to hide the baby (Ex 1:15-17). Miss
Shiphrah let Sarah's baby brother live too. That's when I was sure You were
real.
I was so happy, but then one day I went to Sarah's
house and her mom was laying on the floor screaming. I got really scared!
I waited until Sarah came outside and she was crying too. I asked her what was
going on and I couldn't believe what she told me...The Egyptian officials who
were on patrol heard her brother crying and knew it was a newborn's cry. They
went into Sarah's house, found the baby, and killed him. Pharaoh had changed
the law from killing at birth, to killing. He wants all the baby boys to be
thrown into the Nile (Ex 1:22)!
I ran home to tell Mama about the new law and told
her that if anyone heard our baby cry he would get thrown in the Nile! Mama
just started going crazy! She said that she is going to put him in the Nile
herself instead of having the officials throw him in there!
God, I just don't understand! Why can't we keep
trying to hide him? He's been quiet so far and it's been 3 months! To put him
in the Nile? God hurry, we need a deliverer! We need someone to save us from
these mean Egyptians!
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