https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">of a https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">- you see this really clearly in the book of Esther. There are 3 wives in the story. Each of them approach their husband& #39;s power in very different ways. 1/5 https://twitter.com/sometimesalight/status/1321862879172300803">https://twitter.com/sometimes...

Vashti - refuses to submit to her husband& #39;s exploitative/dehumanizing exercise of authority. The king& #39;s staff panics at the ripple effect this will have and she& #39;s disappeared.
Lesson- Doing what was right doesn& #39;t always mean getting what& #39;s right. Do it anyway. 2/5

Esther - Counts the cost and confronts her husband& #39;s wrongful exercise of authority. She and her family are rewarded and the people are saved.
Lesson - Trust in God& #39;s greater power and sovereignty to confront lesser power, when it& #39;s being wielded against God& #39;s purposes. 3/5

Zeresh - Enables and encourages Haman& #39;s sinful use of power against Mordecai. She& #39;s widowed (at the very least).
Lesson-You don& #39;t get to outsource accountability when you wrongfully influence a man& #39;s power for your benefit and others& #39; hurt. 4/5