Monday, March 19, 2012

Poor Susa

Esther 3:15 "...The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was bewildered."

Haman has convinced King Xerxes to destroy all of the Jews in the kingdom. 

I find it amazing that Xerxes and Haman sit down to have a drink while the entire city was in turmoil.  It's so easy to turn a blind eye to injustice. It's too easy to ignore it and pretend it doesn't exist.  How am I like Xerxes and Haman?  What injustice have I turned away from?  I hope to be the kind of man that does not run FROM injustice, but rather runs TOWARDS it.  How can I do that today? 

Dear Jesus, help me run towards injustice and fight against it.  Amen.

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