[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] Quiet Providence by Max Lucado

[Maggie Stringer]

The dramatic story of Esther includes a clueless brute of a king;
a devious, bloodthirsty Haman; a nation of Jews under threat of
extermination. Mordecai, defiant and determined. Esther, gorgeous and
gutsy. Haman is the villain of the story. And Mordecai, an exiled Jew,
really got under his skin. Esther 2:7 says, “Mordecai had a cousin…whom he
had brought up.” Esther “had a lovely figure and was beautiful.” And God?
Where is God in the story? You know, the book of Esther is one of the two
books in the Bible that never mention the name of God. But a gold nugget
lies in the substratum of the Esther story – quiet providence. Providence
is the term theologians use to describe God’s continuous control over
history. He is regal, he is royal, and—this is essential—he is right
here. And he is right here for you.
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