For Such a Time As This

She was born of Jewish heritage,

Orphaned as a child,

Raised by her cousin.

Esther was an ordinary girl.

She lived in Babylon

Where King Xerxes had a problem.

He had banished his queen.

Was Esther born for such a time as this?

Forced into the king’s harem,

Esther wondered why.

Had the God of her fathers,

Abandoned his servant?

Something in this girl,

Beauty, perhaps virtue,

Captured Xerxes’ eye

The day Esther became queen.

Was she proud? Happy?

No. Esther wondered why.

This was not her plan,

And could not possibly be the best.

But maybe there was a reason.

For not soon after the royal wedding,

Evil was being done.

Was Esther born for such a time as this?

The king had an advisor.

And this man, called Haman,

Was angry with the Jews,

And plotted there demise.

Now, Xerxes knowing not of his queen’s lineage,

Agreed with his friend

And ordered this race to be removed,

Had Esther been born for such a time as this?

Esther was quite unsure of what to do.

For she couldn’t help her people.

Intruding on the king,

Was sure to bring her death.

Death was coming

There was no way to escape it.

Esther wondered why.

But could she be here for such a time as this?

With courage and some prayer,

Esther approached her king,

And invited him to dine.

There she would voice her concerns.

When the king found out

That he had sentenced his queen

To a very painful death,

Sorrow filled him up.

Death did come

But not for Esther or her people.

Death came to Haman,

The king’s shady advisor

Esther was now seeing,

That God’s plans are best.

They kept her wondering why,’

But she was there for such a time as this.