I’m continuing this series on Esther, for the beginning check HERE
Esther 2 takes us to a fairly degrating part of history. King Ahasuerus has decided it’s time for a new wife, and so a beautifying ritual begins. One thing I liked about this was learning that this was actually in part a time to thicken up the women. 
We are introduced to two additional main characters, Mordaci and Esther or Hadassah. We learn that Esther was an orphan who was being raised by her single, male cousin Mordaci. This alone probably made Esther unique. She wasn’t given the opportunity to be raised by a mother, taught how a woman needed to act, instead she was taught how to be comfortable around men. Esther was probably often in the presence of Mordaci and his male friends simply allowed to observe, she was a child, and there was no one else to watch her.
Beth Moore stated “You cannot amputate your history from your destiny”. We aren’t told why Esther is an orphan, but we do know she is one, and therefore had dealt with tough situations in her short life. She had learned of an inner strength that comes only from surviving tragedy, and she had also learned that she can survive the unsurvivable. Another thing Beth Moore stated that suck out to me was “Your past and your future share the same root…Jesus.
How comforting is it to know that God loves us so much He has created a unique destiny for each of us, and will not fulfill it without us! Not only did God create a unique destiny for Esther, but He used the tragedies in her life for GOOD!!
Beth Moore stated “We are called to be the light of the world so that God can reveal the radiance of His glory through our lives. Esther was called to glorify God in a very powerful way, a way most of us (thankfully) will not endure, and yet our call is the same. We are called to a unique destiny, for the glory of our creator. I can’t think of a better calling, can you?
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