So as all of the FYM interns and myself await our trips, we are encouraged to get into the word and learn more about it and this past week we read Esther. It was really interesting to read what she was all about and the struggles of being an orphan and being a woman during that time period.

So while I was reading, I came across a verse that really stuck out the most was in chapter 4 verse16; when Mordecai was asking her if she was scared, since it was against to go up to the king without his permission. And she replied back, “if I must die, I am willing to die.” I think the reason why I like that verse so much is because it goes with the verse that I try to live by; Philippians 1:20 – according to my earnest expectations and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

For her not to be afraid and to have all her trust in God is something very remarkable, especially what was going on at that time, with Haman trying to destroy her people.