She Acted WIsely, Bravely and Selflessly - Patience Paves the Way for Justice

 Esther's patience paved the way for a remarkable chain of events.  Haman left the first banquet is high spirits, "joyful and merry of heart" that the king and queen favored him so. As Haman passed through the castle gate, though, his eyes fell on Mordecai, that Jew who still refused to pay him homage. As we noted in the preceding chapter, Mordecai's reasons  had nothing to do with disrespect but, rather with his conscience and his relationship with Jehovah God.  Yet, Haman  "was immediately filled with rage." - ESTHER 5:9.

When Haman told his wife and friends of this slight, the urged him to prepar a huge stake, over 72 feet (22 mm) tall, and then to ask the king's permission to hand Mordecai on it. Haman liked their idea and immediate set about the task.  - ESTHER 5:12, 14

Meanwhile the king had an unusual night.  "the king's sleep fled,"  the Bible tells us, so he had the had the official records read aloud to him.  The reading included the report  of an assiassination plot against Ahasuerus. He remembered the affair; the would-be murderers were caught and executed. What, about the man who had exposed the plot-Mordecai?   Suddenly alert, the king asked how Mordecai had been rewarded.The answer?  Nothing at all had been done for the man. - Read ESTHER 6:1-3.

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