This week we are introduced to Esther. There are a few turning points in this story that will be brought out during this week's lesson. The process of selecting a new queen is a big one. Who would have thought a beauty contest would be used to select a queen.
I'm sure there is someone out there who detests beauty contests. This is a prime example of how God can use something we feel is worthless for His glory.
Other personal issues will also be touch on...anger, perfection, manners rejection and many more.
I pray we use this study to open our eyes to all of these issues in our lives and how to deal with them in a God honoring way.
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Just today in the opening lesson, I just realized that it took almost 4 years for the king to replace Vashti. I've always thought that it would have been something that a few months later or a year later he would have done.
Okay, I've had something that I've never thought of before brought to me. I've often wondered if Mordecai encouraged Esther to join in the beauty pageant-after all he did work at the palace and knew the ins and outs or if she was gathered up like cattle and herded into the palace. Either way, the outcome of the entering the pageant would pretty much be the same. If Esther won, she had a little more freedom as queen but was still at the beck and call of the king and if she lost, she entered his harem for a life as a mistress basically. Sometimes, I wonder if this was a plan that was decided on to provide for Esther and that it was a man-made plan and one that God turned around to use for His glory.
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