"When we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." - 1 John 1:9

By faith, fullness of joy is ours as we share life with the triune God in mutual fellowship with our brothers and sisters in Christ.

We don’t have to wait for special feasts and celebrations, particularly man-made ones, to celebrate and rejoice the salvation that is ours.  We celebrate the Greatest Reversal every week.  (Technical difficulties caused the first few seconds of the introduction to be omitted and the audio is so-so.)

In Chapter 8 of Esther, the circumstances of the Jews don't change, but their attitudes and actions do, based on a new edict that greatly affects their future.

The surety of our salvation and our being able to approach the throne of grace is not based upon us finding favor in the sight of a self-absorbed, capricious God.

In one of the funniest chapters of the Bible, we see God opposing the proud and exalting the humble, while preserving His people, keeping His promises, and giving a picture of the greater redemption found in Christ.

Esther’s boldness and bravery were laudable.  But this shouldn’t lead us to make her an exemplary model to follow.  It should lead us to and point us to Christ.

The "Why" questions begin to be answered as God's purposes become more clear.

We can understand the state of confusion the city was thrown into.  What we can’t understand, hopefully, is that Ahasuerus and Haman sat down to have a drink to celebrate and toast the decision.