Friday, July 11, 2014

Storm Out of the Room

The king got up in a rage, left his wine and went out into the palace garden. But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his fate, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life. Esther 7

Esther just squealed on Haman to the king.  The king was furious at hearing about how Haman had decreed that all the Jews were to be killed, which included Esther.  The king left the banquet in a rage.  He couldn't look at Haman, or even be in the same room with him.

Have you ever been angry enough where you stormed out of a room?  I'll admit that I have.  Looking back, it wasn't one of my finer moments, and I am sure that I could have handled things a little better, but in the heat of the moment, I was dumbstruck and couldn't think of anything other than a need to get away.  Conversely, have you ever made someone angry enough that they stormed out of a room?  

I'll argue that each of us have done some terrible things that could have made someone so angry and disappointed in us, that they should have walked out of the room, and yet, they didn't.  When was the last time you sinned against God?  Does he blow up at you and storm out of your life?  Not at all.  He is great and merciful, and he will remain there.  He may be disappointed and he may even be angry, but he has unconditional love for us and he will always remain.  We will mess up, it's a part of our nature, but God is the ever-constant.  He will always love us, no matter what we do.

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