He Shall Direct Thy Paths
The introduction to this week’s Come, Follow Me lesson says this: “Many events in the book of Esther might seem like luck or coincidence. How else do you explain how an orphaned Jewish girl became the queen of Persia at just the right time to save her people from slaughter? What are the chances that Esther’s cousin Mordecai would happen to overhear a plot to assassinate the king? Were these coincidences, or were they part of a divine plan?” It then quotes Elder Rasband who said this, “What may appear to be a random chance is, in fact, overseen by a loving Father in Heaven. … The Lord is in the small details of our lives.” Indeed, one of the messages of the book of Esther is that the Lord will put us where He wants us. Reading her and Mordecai’s story should help us believe that the Lord has a purpose for us too in our own lives, that we “are come to the kingdom for such a time as this.” I distinctly remember a moment on my mission when it felt like we were wandering the streets becaus...