Posts with the tag “esther”

Daily Devotional from Esther Chapter 9--Verse 22…as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.God often turns our hardships into joy. Here he turned th...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Esther 3--Verses 5-6When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage. And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, it seemed repugnant to Haman to do away with Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.The tale of Haman is such a cautionary tale. Everyone loved h...  Read More