One subject of many.

Through this blog I will touching on a variety of subjects.  I have to note that my faith (which is that God loves you so much that He sent His one and only Son to die on the cross for the forgiveness of your sins!) is the most important thing in my life, so that will be my main focus, but there are many other things that I have interests in that I will also write or comment about. 

One group people I have an interest in, are single women in the 20s and early 30s.  There are so many pressures going on in today's society, it's gotten to the ridiculous level.  There are two tugging forces going on today.  Like the game Red Rover, one side is calling out your name to come to their side, but will you run to their side to join them, or to break the chain?  Ok here are the two sides:

1.  Culture, Society, or what some people call, The World.
        This side is what we hear, see, and encounter the most and is likely to say, "come on, everyone's doing it!"   It's pretty much living out the show "Sex in the City".

2.  The "If your not married or at least close to marriage by the time you are 25 then there is something wrong with you" side.

Well this is just my introduction to my thoughts on what singles experience today.  I'm will definitely cover more details on this subject.  But for now.  Have a great day!

 

Timing is Everything

Esther 4:14

"For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

There was an order agreed by the king that all of the Jewish people would be killed.  Mordecai was working to change the law and had asked his niece, Esther to help them.  Esther was a Jew but she had hidden that from her new husband, the king.  Her position as the queen gave her favor in his eyes, so her uncle asked Esther for her help to petition to the king for their people.  They had to be secretive, but ultimately they realized, it was now or never for Esther to speak up to the king to save the Jewish people.  She prayed and accepted the responsibility.  The king listened to her plea and not only did he nullify his original order, but he told the Jews that they had his permission to protect themselves against any and all adversaries. 

Esther was a bold woman of God in a time of persecution.  It took well over a year for her just to be chosen as the queen, but it all came together perfectly.  She could have easily kept quiet, but she stepped up boldly, and respectively, and her actions ended up saving thousands of people.

Everyone has a purpose.  What will YOU do with, "such a time as this?"