So it was when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court that she found favor in his sight, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther went near and touched the top of the scepter. Esther 5: 2.
Reading the story of Esther, we can see how a young woman of Jewish nationality came to receive the grace and love of a King. A woman who was born to be queen, but whose purpose was to help her people. Esther, a woman who had power in her hands, a woman whose race was Jewish, and her religion was different from that of her husband, the King. A woman who hid who she was until it was time to reveal her true identity. An identity that could cause her to death. How many of us have hidden for a long time? Continue reading “Esther and the King”