Matthew 18:1-14

"The woman whose son was alive was filled with compassion for her son and said to the king, “Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!”But the other said, “Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!”"

{1 Kings 3:26}  (NIV1984)

A mother’s compassion for her child was so well known at the time of Solomon, that he used that knowledge to make a wise decision. His famous act of wisdom depended entirely on a mother’s compassion for her child. Her compassion, her desire to see her child live, superseded her desire to raise him. Her desire for him to live caused her to make the decision to let someone else raise him. 

When we consider this account, we think also of the mother of Moses, and her desire to see Moses live. She was also willing to let someone else raise Moses. Both of these accounts in Scripture have what we would call a “happy” ending. Moses went on to greatness, and Solomon gave this baby back to his mother. 

I wonder how many mothers have made similar decisions over the thousands of years that mothers have existed. How many of those decisions did not end in a “happy” ending? Yet they were made, and will be made in the future by mothers who are not yet born themselves. Why? Simply because, to a mother; the desire to see her child live and prosper, outweighs all other desires. Where would we be without our mothers? Praise God for them.