How many times have you found yourself in a situation surrounded by defeat? You make the best of it, and even then the best of it doesn’t lead to the light at the end of the tunnel. There’s no hope, no end to this drudgery………..or is there?
Let me tell you of a true story about a woman who tried to make the best of it, and it just kept getting worse. She was married to a man who didn’t know her real name or her background. She lived behind rules and regulations from day to day, just to get by. Even though she was loyal to her husband and followed protocol, discouragement surrounded her.
The people closest to her husband were not made of the best character. Deception and jealousy were their guide. Soon enough, this woman learned that her family was being threatened by the very men that had influence over her husband.
What was she to do? She was the wife of a man who took no value in her opinion. She was helpless. Or was she?
BOOK OF ESTHER
Queen Esther knew there was something that had to be done. If she approached the King, she may be killed. If the King found out she was Jewish, she would be killed. After all, the order was just put in place to kill all the Jews.
Esther knew something had to be done. She fasted for three days, she and her people. She knew if she went to the King uninvited, the penalty was death. If she revealed her true identity, still, death.
Esther went to the King, confessed her background as a Jew and asked the King to change his decrees. All in all, the King had seen the deception that was done to him, granted Esther her desires and things were put right.
Esther saw that there needed to be change. In order to change a hopeless situation she needed courage. Courage comes from God.
Ask God to bestow upon you the courage and strength to change the hopeless situation you are in.
GOD GRANT ME THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
THE THINGS I CAN
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