Jasmine's Place Issue No. 4 - March/April 2013 | Page 37

It's a question I hear now and again. Matter of fact, I've heard myself ask it in years past. The years when I lacked identity, lacked hope, lacked truth. All I could see was the dismal existence I dwelt within. The story of Esther rings in my heart. She was a Jewish orphan living in a foreign land with an uncle who cared for her. When the king of the land began to look for a new queen, she came to his attention and was chosen to be queen. Her heritage did not seem to be of question at the time. Soon however, her people fell out of favour, and they were all to be put to death. The uncle who had raised her went to speak to her. Through a messenger, he asked her to intercede with the king, so that lives would be spared. She knew her life would be in danger to go without summoning before the king and sent that message back to her uncle. Her uncle reminded her, that although her life may be spared in the short term, in the long run she and her family would still be killed if she did not speak up. He sealed his words of wisdom into her heart with Esther 4:14 "For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise for the Jews from elsewhere, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this and for this very occasion?" I don't question anymore why I was born. I know. I know the timing of my existence has importance and I play a significant role to others around me. Where it may cost me my comfort and even my life, I must lay down my agenda to exist for my own purposes and choose the higher calling. I was born for such a time as this. Copyright © DebraBee I love to encourage the heart of people to be who they are meant to be in Christ, individually made and uniquely designed. www.debrabee.org Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com CHRISTIAN WRITER - MAKE YOUR OWN WEBSITE Article URL: http://articles.faithwriters.com/reprintarticle-details.php?id=12772 JASMINE'S PLACE 371