The book of Esther is a complicated story about identity. In its first few chapters, she hides her identity for reasons we are never told. Esther’s rise to power is remarkable, yet the author’s main issue isn’t individual empowerment, but the death threat faced by her people and how she moved from timidity to tenacity and used her political connections and power to secure their survival.

Scripture: Esther 4: 15-17 (NKJV)