Queen Vashti put her own interests
aside to stand up for how women should be treated. In Esther 1: 3 it discusses
the feast that King Ahasuerus had for him and all the princes. At these feasts
the men were allowed to drink as much as they wanted and whenever they wanted.
When King Ahasuerus asked the Queen to come before the King in Esther 1: 11 the
men had basically been drinking for seven days straight, so the Queen knowing
this refused to come in Esther 1: 12. Not only did she not come before the men
because they were very inebriated but also she did not want to parade in front
of them like an object for them to look at. I have a lot of respect for Queen
Vashti because I feel that she was the first to stand up for women. I feel like
she knew her self worth, and wasn’t just something for the king and the princes
to look at. It is really sad that Esther replaced her, but I feel that this was
all apart of Heavenly Father’s plan.
The first commandment is that “thou shalt have
no other gods before me” as found in Exodus chapter 20. Mordecai was the
perfect example of standing up for this commandment. In Esther 3: 1 Haman
became was promoted above all the other princes. I feel that this went to his
head a bit and in Esther 3: 2 all the servants of the king bowed to him.
Mordecai would not bow to Haman in Esther 3: 3, because he was a Jew so he kept
the commandment of not having any other god before Heavenly Father. Not only
did he stand up for his beliefs, but he also stood up for all of his fellow
Jews. He stood up for what he believed even in the face of death. Mordecai knew
that he would be protected by Heavenly Father and went to Esther for help.
Esther is one of the most famous
women in the Bible. I always kind of knew about her, but after reading about
her I have so much more of a love for her and her faith. It all started when
the king removes Vashti as queen. Since the king basically has no queen he
seeks another, and is pleased with Esther so she becomes queen. Mordecai is
Esther’s uncle, and when he gets into trouble with Haman Esther proves her
faith and puts her own interests and safety aside to help Mordecai. In Esther
5:1 she puts on her royal apparel and goes o the inner court of the king, which
you must be invited to go into the inner courts of the king. Esther goes into
the inner courts and find favor with the king in Esther 5: 2. Esther then asks
to have a banquet with the king and Haman. This sets the whole process in
motion to have a plot reveled about Haman. The king then executes Haman and Mordecai
is saved. Esther showed faith in the Lord, and faith the Mordecai was doing the
right thing. She risked her own life to save her uncle and the Jews.
The biggest attribute that all of
three of these possess is faith. I feel that Vashti knew that she was a
daughter of God and she had faith that the Lord would not want her to go parade
around a bunch of drunken men. This is one attribute I would like to work on. I
feel that all of Heavenly Father’s children don’t know just how important they
are, and we should all work on our self worth. Mordecai had faith in the Lord
and in his commandments. He proved his faith through his actions. That is one
attribute I would like to work on from Mordecai. I would like to have no fear
to prove my faith. Finally the attribute I would like to work on from Esther is
her strength. I think that it would be so hard to see what happened to Vashti,
and know that you were basically doing the same thing but then to do it
anyways. Esther had so much faith and courage that she was able to walk into a
situation that seemed impossible and still come out perfectly.
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