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Love at First Sight

So you probably think I'm going to talk about whether I think love at first sight can happen. I'm not. 


I want to talk about a story from my favorite book, God's Word. In His Word, there is a story about a woman who is sent to save her people from destruction. 


Hadassah was a Jewish orphan who was taken in by her cousin. She is described as having "a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at." (Esther 2:7) When the king gave an edict to gather all the young women in Susa, Hadassah was also gathered. Because her cousin had commanded her, she did not tell the people in the palace about her Jewish heritage. (Esther 2:10) This was why she was called Esther. 


The young women were being brought to the king night after night. When it came to be Esther's night to visit the king, instead of asking for a lot of jewelry and gold to wear, she wore only what the king's eunuch advised her to wear. This caused Esther to find favor in the eyes of all the people who saw her. (Esther 2:15) 


"And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus...the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti." (Esther 2:16-17) 


And the king loved Esther more than all the women. The king fell in love with Esther very quickly. He made her his wife. We don't know the timeline of how long he knew her, but God does tell us that when Esther was taken into him, he loved her. This is a great example of love in God's Word. 


I love how God used the king's love for Esther to save her people. Later in the book of Esther, her cousin speaks to her about the destruction of her people. She knows that this could lead to her death. Her uncle says to her, "And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" (Esther 4:14) 


She goes on to risk her life by entering court without an invitation from the king. Again, he shows her love by lowering his scepter to her. This just further shows God at work. If he would not have done this, she would not have been able to make a plea for her people. 


Some day, certainly not at this point in my life, I pray that God will bless me with a man that will love me like this, that he would protect me and listen to me. I pray that God will lead me to this man when His timing is right. 


A couple weeks ago, I watched a movie about this wonderful story, A Night with the King. Although there are some differences, I think that it is a very good telling of this story.


In God, Emily

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