phase figured out, your children are on to the next, and you’re almost

back at square one trying to develop some kind of plan that could be

effective. In the early days, you’re just hoping for some sleep and

that you aren’t missing anything important in your ignorance. Later,

you become very aware of influences on your child that can cause great

concern. As they approach adulthood, you struggle to figure out how to

coach them and let them go at the same time. And there are a million

shifts and changes in between. Of course, motherhood is not the only

place where life is filled with change. In fact, it is everywhere in

everyone’s life. And it can be overwhelming. Certainly the recent

months have had more than their share of uncertainty and changes to deal

with. Let’s look at a story from Israel’s history where a few women

faced all kinds of change and uncertainty, and found out how God can be

good in the middle of all of it.