Friday, July 20th - Esther 2:1-18

Good Morning!

It's Friday!  It's a little cooler and the weekend is almost here!  Big plans this weekend?  We are just hangin' as a family!  Yeah! 

Lisa's tweet: LMRMinistries: Esther 2:1-18 ~ Well yeah, I'd look amazing, too, if I had 7 maids and 12 months of nothing but spa days!  Still, wonder what Esther was thinking.

I just realized something as I re-read this passage again  - Esther had another name - Hadassah.  I like Esther better, don't you?  It also says that she was like a daughter to Mordecai, as he had taken her in when her parents died.  God was setting the stage.

What do you think Esther was thinking?  I see her as a very beautiful, shy, quiet, intelligent young woman who listened to her cousin - "father".  She caught the eye of Hegai and of everyone else.  Her year of spa treatments and food added to her beauty and she was chosen by the King to be his queen. 
Do you think she might have been a little fearful because she had not revealed her nationality or family background?  Again, it was all in God's plan.

I received another tweet yesterday from a minister in Tennessee that was on this very passage.  He took a little different spin and asked a different question.  Here is his tweet:  AllenJacksonWOC: Esther's purity of character commended her to the King - are you attracted to purity? Esther 2:17,18.
What do you think?  Another path of thought - purity!  Gives us something to think about today as we go through our day. 

Have a wonderful Friday!  Shine bright!