Life Lessons From Esther, Sermon Notes

Title: Life Lessons From Esther
Speaker: David Wilson 
Location: Lubbock, TX
Date: 6 December 2020
Verse: Esther 1-10

I. God has a place and purpose for you.
II. Your choices impact those close to you.
III. Hatred and bitterness have serious repercussions.
IV. We must trust God even when he seems absent.
V. God does perfect work through imperfect people.
VI. God is in the details of your life.
VII. God is still on the throne.

[Esther 8:9 is the longest verse in the Bible.]

Proverbs 21:1 (NJKV):

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.

The Way The Light Held

We got our pictures taken today.

Santa pictures.

T, it was your first time to see Santa! And you were our only baby that didn’t cry. You were skeptical. But you didn’t cry.

We went because the pictures are adorable but also – because all of COVID blah – there will be very few Christmas activities this year.

It was special to me because you all made the time sweet in a different way.

T, it was your first Santa picture.

K, you came out of your shell big-time this year and asked Santa at least 100 questions.

And H, you let a little bit of my little girl peek through.

It feels like you are seven going on 13 sometimes, but walking back to the car I saw you smile and say to yourself:

That, was the coolest thing ever…

I am so thankful for the moments like these with each of you.

I am glad I was there to see the timid look in your eye, the way you smiled at yourself as you jumped up on a rock and looked back at me, and the way the light held your hair for a moment when we turned to leave.

I love you.

-Dad

Our Flood Came Like This

Our flood started with the washing machine.

I was at work, mom and T at home.

I’m on a conference call and mom tries to call me twice before texting:

CALL ME. HOUSE IS FLOODINF.

I ran out the door and rushed home – and sure enough.

The utility room, kitchen, and entryway were all under water. And the mess was still spreading.

Long story short: Two hours later the flooring company (Carpet Tech) was tearing the flooring out of large sections of our house.

The water got under our laminate flooring and under the walls into our bedroom carpet.

In fact, rooms with tile flooring, and the smallest back bedroom were the ONLY rooms where our flooring did not get ruined.

A dozen industrial fans and currently drying out our home.

And I am typing this from our room at the Holiday Inn on Justice Avenue.

This is all a major pain at the wrong time of the year. Lots of decisions and work ahead. But we got this.

These are first-world problems.

And first-world problems are boring problems.

I love you.

-Dad