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of a - you see this really clearly in the book of Esther. There are 3 wives in the story. Each of them approach their husband's power in very different ways. 1/5 https://twitter.com/sometimesalight/status/1321862879172300803
Vashti - refuses to submit to her husband's exploitative/dehumanizing exercise of authority. The king's staff panics at the ripple effect this will have and she's disappeared.
Lesson- Doing what was right doesn't always mean getting what's right. Do it anyway. 2/5
Lesson- Doing what was right doesn't always mean getting what's right. Do it anyway. 2/5
Esther - Counts the cost and confronts her husband's wrongful exercise of authority. She and her family are rewarded and the people are saved.
Lesson - Trust in God's greater power and sovereignty to confront lesser power, when it's being wielded against God's purposes. 3/5
Lesson - Trust in God's greater power and sovereignty to confront lesser power, when it's being wielded against God's purposes. 3/5
Zeresh - Enables and encourages Haman's sinful use of power against Mordecai. She's widowed (at the very least).
Lesson-You don't get to outsource accountability when you wrongfully influence a man's power for your benefit and others' hurt. 4/5
Lesson-You don't get to outsource accountability when you wrongfully influence a man's power for your benefit and others' hurt. 4/5
