I have been following the 'Eat this Book' reading guide, along with several of my friends from Madison. This week I'm reading the books of Esther and Job. Why not read along with me.
http://www.blackhawkchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/eat_this_book_esther.pdf
Here's an overview of Esther. Check back later in the week for an overview of Job.
Reading Esther
-- Yahweh is never mentioned: Although God seems absent, he is guiding events according to his purpose.
When we scrutinize the text of Esther for traces of God’s activity, we are doing what the author has made us do. The author would have us probe the events we witness in our own lives in the same way. He is teaching a theology of possibility. The willingness to face history with an openness to the possibility of divine providence, even when history seems to weigh against its likelihood, as it did in the dark days after Haman’s decree. In this way, the book offers a stance of profound faith. -- Michael V. Fox, Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther.
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