Forgiveness uproots bitterness.

If hoarded, this toxic leftover will fester and grow and choke out every good thing in your life and home. Are you keeping anger past the expiration date? If kept around, this leftover will sour and spill over into every relationship, causing broken relationships, damaged lives, shattered dreams.

As the book of Esther closes, it does so with a call to remember. As the Jewish people move forward, they are called to stop once a year and celebrate the dramatic deliverance that occurred when it seemed as though their lot had been cast. We too should take time to remember what God has done, for when we do this it provides much needed perspective on our current circumstances.

Are you willing you make a difference with those around you? Through a national crisis, God pushed Esther into the open about her true identity. The same thing God called Esther to do, God is calling you and I to do. He wants us to come out into the open with our relationship with Him and show our true identity to everyone around us. And just like Esther, there are millions of lives at stake. Will Esther stay quiet and keep her secret? Will you stay quiet and keep your relationship with God a secret?