Gawdy Trinket Display (Esther 1:1-21). Xerxes the Persian potentate shows offs his vast wealth to stroke his own ego. When his politically married queen rebuffs his request to be shown off a crisis and an opportunity is created. Power plays in marriage are the broken worldly wisdom. #dailydevotion, #Lutherandevotional, #DailyPlunge, #DailyLectionary, #DailyScripture, #Ruth