[Hebrews 11:6]

the author not reading too much into Esther’s actions

What I'm saying is that sometimes God's silence is loudest. When He allows us to work our own way, with the Spirit's guidance, to His intended meaning, we are affected most deeply.

[OneVike]

When He allows us to work our own way, with the Spirit's guidance, to His intended meaning, we are affected most deeply.

True.

I could tell you tales that are only fit for a bar room about my younger years before I met my present wife in 1987.

Yet, I have learned many things, and can honestly say God has used many things in my past in a way I would not have been prepared for or useful if said things never took place.

God was moving me, even when I thought it was my own desired direction. Not in the evil or bad things I did, but I can remember many things that happened that I can only now look back and say He was there. If he wasn't, then I would not be here today.