This text does a beautiful job of capturing both/and. How can we read this story and not find a role-model of faith for our littles. No worries, the text also shines a light at how brave Esther was. And it’s beautiful to be able to share this with our littles. Often times when we look at the original Jewish understanding of a text in can bring so much more depth to our faith. What I LoveĪs I mentioned above, and LOVE the attention given to the traditional meaning of the story. This is a favorite series in our family, and this book has become a welcome addition to our home library. This message is NOT lost in ‘Esther and the Very Brave Plan,’ the latest book in ‘The Very Best Bible Stories’ series by Tim Thornborough and Jennifer Davison. She was apart of a larger story, of God working behind the scenes to preform miracles for his people. He set into motion, far before Haman developed his schemes to deliver his people. Growing up, there was such a focus on how brave Esther was, and how she put her life at risk to save her people, that I completely missed the message of the ‘hidden miracle.’ Even when God is not mentioned, even when he is not obviously apart of the story, he is working. However, something I never learned, or maybe never grasped, until I was in a college-level Old Testament class, was the traditional understanding of the story. Esther is kind of the Disney Princess story of the Bible, and there are so many resources for church girls on this story. Growing up as a young girl in church, I have heard the story of Esther over and over and over and over….well, you get the picture.
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