Esther 5

***Esther 5***

In this chapter I kind of get the feeling that Esther is setting a trap for Xerxes and Haman. She doesn't just come with her request... she throws a banquet for them 2 days in a row. She gives them good food and wine.

It reminds me of when I was a district sales manager for Chrysler. I used to take dealers out to dinner, buy them a steak and a drink so that I could get them to take more inventory.

That's also what sin does. It baits us with empty promises... it lays the trap for us by making us think that by sinning our life will be better. We tell ourselves all kind of things to rationalize our sins... "If I tell this lie nobody will know, and it will be for the better." "If I give in to my lustful desires I will finally feel fulfilled." "I don't need to help the poor, I can't make a difference anyway."

But sin never satisfies... it only longs for more sinning.