FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS

Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this (Esther 4:14b NKJV).

Not many people play such a pivotal role in history as queen Esther---and yet maybe we do.  What would it mean to your children if you acted courageously to save your marriage?  What would it mean to your country if you acted courageously to defend the Constitution?  What would it mean to one unborn if you acted courageously to protect life?  What would it mean to the hopeless if you courageously shared legitimate hope in Christ?  What would it mean to the average to be an example commitment and excellence?

Often we do not see ourselves as playing a pivotal role in history but . . . for want of a nail, the kingdom was lost.  For such a time as this, you are the nail!  You do play a pivotal role in history!

I have said all this to introduce another quote from Elton Trueblood's The Life We Prize:
The owners of nightclubs and motion picture houses profit greatly by the failure of men and women to find meaning in their lives, since, as is generally known, a people who have a sense of meaning feel no conscious need of constantly being entertained or amused. 

Our Father's Blessings,
Tom