Another amazing woman, only this time with a different storyline and situation. Esther is our newest amazing woman here on Powered by 4 and also on Back to the Bible this coming week. However, Esther doesn't make an appearance in chapter 1. Instead we get background information of what led up to Esther becoming queen.
Now I wasn't entirely sure what I was going to get out of this chapter since Esther wasn't in the picture yet. But I ended up coming away with a bunch. This chapter was full of examples of actions, activities and attitudes that would be wise to avoid because they did nothing but lead to problems. And it wasn't limited to just one person either. Vashti, Xerxes, the king's advisers and friends all made poor decisions and acted on them.
So did you notice this as well? Was there a particular bad example that stood out to you? The one biggie for me was how Xerxes allowed his emotions, in this case his anger, to drive his actions. One bad decision just led to another. Emotions are just part of life. So how can we work on not letting emotions like anger or even something like discouragement get in and negatively influence our decisions? Tami W.
One way we can avoid making emotional decisions is the give ourselves time. We should take time to think about, pray about it and talk to other friends and fellow Christians. We often get a different perspective when we do this, and things don't seem so bad or urgent.
I agree Carol wholeheartedly!!