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Prayer Request: Today's Scripture *March 9, 2010*
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Today's Scripture *March 9, 2010* (Mar 9, 2010)
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Today's Scripture *March 9, 2010*
Esther 1: 16-21
Memucan answered the king and his nobles, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king but also every noble and citizen throughout your empire. Women everywhere will begin to despise their husbands when they learn that Queen Vashti has refused to appear before the king. Before this day is out, the wives of all the king’s nobles throughout Persia and Media will hear what the queen did and will start treating their husbands the same way. There will be no end to their contempt and anger.
“So if it please the king, we suggest that you issue a written decree, a law of the Persians and Medes that cannot be revoked. It should order that Queen Vashti be forever banished from the presence of King Xerxes, and that the king should choose another queen more worthy than she. When this decree is published throughout the king’s vast empire, husbands everywhere, whatever their rank, will receive proper respect from their wives!”
The king and his nobles thought this made good sense, so he followed Memucan’s counsel.
Perhaps the men's thinking had been clouded by drinking. Obviously this law would not cause the women of the country to respect their husbands. Respect between men and women comes from mutual regard and appreciation for each other, as those created in God's image, not from legal pronouncements and orders. Respecting our husbands is a desire to do the will of God. Forced obedience is a poor substitute for the love and respect wives and husbands should have for each other.
Ephesians 5: 22 For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. ;
1 Peter 3: 7 In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.
Father God, we praise Your Holy Name! We thank You for Your living Word to us.
May we take Your Word to heart and put it into action.
In Jesus' Name, Amen..
God bless,
April
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