For Such a Time as This

August 3-9: Esther 4:14

Perhaps for such a time

Perhaps in just this way

Perhaps the stage had thus been set

Preparing for this day.

The day decreed for evil

Yet in this desperate scene

A Jewish woman raised up

Once an orphan, now a queen.

To captivate her kingdom

So lovely, true and brave

The Lord had guided Esther here

Her people now to save.

For He who holds the earth

Guides all within His hands

Perhaps we cannot comprehend

The things that He has planned.

Perhaps He has in mind

The roll that you will play

Perhaps the scenes you've journeyed through

Have led you here today.

Maybe you've arrived

Through heartache, and through bliss

Perhaps the Lord has led you here

For such a time as this.

© Julianne Young 2026

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