There has been quite some time since I last updated my blogger. So...Here's a morsel for you.

Tonight at church our devotion was out Esther 4:9-16. It's the part of the story where Mordecai comes to the king's gate in utter desperation because he knows that Haman wants to kill his people. He pleads to Queen Esther. She says that she could be killed for going to the king without being summoned. Here's Mordecai's response:
"And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?"

Esther...this is the reason that you became queen so that you could save the Jewish people from annihilation. Esther...this is your purpose.

Taking that story to heart and thinking of Psalm 33:13-15 where it talks about how the Lord looks, sees, watches, and considers us. And then in Jeremiah 29:11 where we are reassured that He has a plan for us.

This brings me to a point of utter realization that it really doesn't matter what situation I am in...whether it be with family or alone...friends or foe...I am in that exact instant...just like every other instant...for the sole purpose of glorifying God. And in that instant I have to decide whether I am going to seize the opportunity to stay in God's will. "Who knows but that you have come to that position for such a time as this?"

Who knows? God knows.

Success

To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson