Esther 2
Today's Scripture

If someone were to ask what reading the Bible was like, most people wouldn't respond that it had stories of women in harems and their beauty treatments, and how a devoted woman of God won the heart of a secular king.

But God uses events like this in history to change the course of things. True, we read in Scripture that God looks on the heart, not on outward appearance, but he can use what men value for his purposes. Esther's beauty was not her only virtue--she had been raised as a devout Jew by her cousin Mordecai.

As we look at Eshter's life, we may see little similarity to our own--but the same God who was working in her life, through her situation--can work in ours--wherever we find ourselves. As the story of Esther goes on, we see God's hand in amazing ways. He can work in the same way in our ordinary lives as well.
- posted by Suzi @ 4:41 AM