Joseph said this to his brothers, but it reads like commentary on the entire book of Esther.
Year: 2026
The best training for trusting God’s providence in the future is reviewing His providence in the past.
We are inside our own stories in a way that makes them very difficult to read.
The man who had been weeping at the gate in sackcloth was now the second most powerful man in the Persian Empire.
Even after everything, Esther added her authority to the record.
They named the festival after the thing that was supposed to kill them.
The thirteenth of Adar arrived. The day Haman had selected with his lot. The day every enemy of the Jewish people had been anticipating for eleven months.
The same empire that had been the source of the Jews’ deepest dread became the stage for their greatest celebration.
The first decree could not be revoked. So God wrote a second one.