Not everything that starts well ends well, and everything that starts badly doesn’t always have to end badly. In the middle, between the beginning and the end, God can bring about a change according to his will and motivated by our conduct.
Although the book of Esther is named after her, it does not start with her name, it begins with Vashti as queen but ends with Esther, a Jewish woman who took Vashti’s place.
« Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. »(Esther 2:17)
Midway through the story in this book, Vashti is abandoned for despising King Ahasuerus, and Esther enters the king’s household to become a powerful queen.
If Vashti was abandoned, it’s because she behaved badly. We have no reason to expect to end our life well if we behave badly.
And if Esther, at the end of this story, has become a powerful queen, it is not only because she always behaved well towards the king, but it is also because she remained faithful to her God. This means that if we remain faithful to God and have a good conduct, we can hope to end our life well.
PRAYER :
Our Father who art in heaven, help us to have a good conduct in life and to remain faithful to you.
It is in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ that we pray, Amen.
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