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The first time Faye Saxon Horton read the Book Of Esther, she was struck immediately by a certain something. It wasn’t just Esther’s strong, sometimes steely presence before king Ahasuerus as she made an appeal to save her race. Or the way she worked, grace under pressure, when her older cousin Mordecai informed her of a nefarious plot to massacre the Jews. It was the dignity with which she led by example, and the relevancy for young woman that she saw. That gut feeling that something was inherently right about it ultimately led her to write Decisions of Life: From the Book of Esther, published in 2015.
“Nowhere in the Book of Esther do we see that Esther complained and grumbled for the entire 12 months she was being prepared to go before the king,” said Saxon Horton (pictured) on the latest episode of WNHH-LP’s “K Pasa” with host Norma Rodriguez-Reyes. “What she did was she lived through all of that — she was patient through those 12 months, she used what she had during that time. Then she used what she had as Queen. She asked everyone to pray with her In today’s life, we may not have the best of clothes, … but we can always do our best to live in the situation that we are in, do the best, with the hope and the strength that God will give us better. That’s what we pray for.”
“If we are doing things that are outlined in the book” she added, “the goodness of God is without limits.”
To listen to the episode, click on the audio above.