When God called Moses at the burning bush, Moses did not respond with eager confidence. Instead, he hesitated. He questioned his own ability, feared rejection, and protested that he was "slow of speech and of tongue." God answered those fears not by removing Moses' weakness, but by giving him a brother. Aaron would become Moses' spokesman. Moses would receive God's words; Aaron would proclaim them before Pharaoh and the people. Together they would stand before the most power

There are moments in history when obedience to God becomes costly. For Jochebed, motherhood itself became an act of courage. She lived during one of Israel’s darkest seasons in Egypt. Fear ruled the land. A cruel decree had gone out from Pharaoh: “Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river…”— Exodus 1:22