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A Mother's Comfort - Melissa Heiland
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This book is dedicated to the courageous women who choose to give life to their children despite overwhelming odds. It has been my honor and privilege to meet you and pray with you. You are brave, strong, and selfless. May God continue to bless you.
Acknowledgments
Thanks first of all to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All good things come from him.
Thanks to my husband, Ken, who always shows me God’s love through his actions.
Thank you to my children: Michael, Josh, Melissa, Jack, Andy, and Nick. May God continue to guide and protect you each and every day.
Thank you to the many men and women who work tirelessly in pregnancy care centers because of their love for God and for women. I especially want to thank my co-laborers at Central Florida Pregnancy Central. Locking shields with you is a joy.
Dear Friend . . .
Congratulations! You are embarking on the beautiful, precious journey of motherhood. Whether this is your first child or your sixth, this is an amazing, challenging time of your life. I hope and pray that, as hard as it is, you will set aside time with the Lord to do this devotional. I believe the Lord will encourage you as you take time in his word.
There is a place for you to reflect and record your thoughts as you work through this book. I hope it will serve as a special remembrance of these amazing days as you grow closer to your child and your Heavenly Father. I pray that God will bless both you and your child!
Love and blessings,
Melissa
WEEK 1
A Baby’s Protection
Read Exodus 2:1–10
Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?’’ (v. 7)
God’s people, the Israelites, were living peacefully in Egypt when the Egyptian king began to fear them. He feared that because of their number they would rise up and fight against him, so he devised a plan whereby all baby Israelite boys would be put to death. Moses was born under this law, but Moses’ mother chose to protect her son. She hid him for three months, and when she could hide him no longer she built a waterproof basket as a bassinette and placed him in the Nile River. She sent his sister to watch and wait to see how God would provide for her baby.
And provide he did! The king’s own daughter heard the baby’s cries, and her heart went out to him. When Moses’ sister saw the princess with her brother, she asked her if she would like her to find a woman to nurse the infant. When the princess agreed, Miriam returned with their own mother, who served as a nursemaid to her son until he was old enough to be weaned. Then his mother took him to the palace, and the princess raised him as her own. What a beautiful story of a mother’s determined love and care and God’s provision! This mother stood against the odds and protected her baby from evil and destruction, and God placed the child in a palace as a prince!
Just as God made a way for Moses, he will provide for you and your baby. Even if circumstances look bleak, keep looking up. God loves you and your baby, and he will make a way.
Father, help me to be strong and resourceful like Moses’ mother. Thank you that you will care for me and my baby and that we can trust in you. We love you. Amen.
Write your prayer for your baby.
WEEK 2
A Gift from God
Read 1 Samuel 1
"I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give