Finding Favor
There are times in our lives when we need someone to help us, and we are powerless to see it done ourselves. It could be we need legal representation, but we don't have the money to hire an attorney. Then, all of a sudden we get word that a lawyer has decided to help us for free. What a blessing to find favor in the eyes of another person like this! I pray for each of us to find favor in the eyes of the right person, no matter what we are going through now. Esther was in a very precarious situation. Evil Haman got the king to sign a decree to have all of the Jews in the kingdom killed on a specific day. Her uncle, Mordecai, urged her to speak to the king about this matter. However, no one, not even the queen could approach the king without him calling them, or they would be killed. (Esther 5:2) So when the king saw Queen Esther in the court, she found favor in his sight, and he held out the golden scepter to her, so she could approach him, which she did very humbly. Because of fin...