Have you spotted how suffering brings folk together? Have you observed how folk get together to reply to disasters? Difficulty forces us to snatch hands with each other and pull up closer together. It pushes everyone to the same level with the same goal : survival. And so we aren’t stunned to find the Jews weeping and yelling and fasting together.

Mordecai not only informs Esther, thru her servant, of all which has occurred, even down to the specifics regarding the precise amount of cash in the deal ; he also sends along official evidence—a copy of the text of the declaration.

“This was signed with the king’s signet ring.” he did not lose control of his feelings ; he did not exaggerate.

He was careful with the info he communicated. Why do I make such a point of this? Because we are living in a day of hearsay, when few folk pass along info that’s exact and trustworthy. Do you? Are you careful about what you say? Have you got the facts? Do you offer evidence the info you are conveying is correct? While there are occasions when it’s acceptable to pass along required and significant info to the right sources, there is a growing preoccupation with rumour and slander. There isn’t any way to gauge the amount of people who’ve been hurt by rumour, exaggeration, and hearsay. Use caution that you send the right message, that you send it to the right person, and you do so with the right motive.