Esther 1:12 But when the attendants delivered the king’s command, Queen Vashti refused to come. Then the king become furious and burned with anger.
As I meditated from the book of Esther, something stuck in my mind. I saw that On the 7th day when King Xerxes was in high spirit, he asked his attendants to tell Queen Vashti to wear her crown and to display her beauty, for others to look at, for she was lovely to look at, but the Queen refused.
The King was furious and burned with anger. Had you thought about, why the Queen refused so, it is true in those times nobody refused the King’s order, and every woman respected and did as their husbands said since they were in the time of patriarchy. Not only that, refusing the King’s order means the end of everything. The men can have as many wives as they could. The queen didn’t even care about her position, which someone else replaced later on.
The Bible didn’t talk about, Queen Vashti any longer after this incident. Did anyone think about what Queen Vashti must be going through, to take this decision to refuse the King and give up everything? Was there anyone who was there for her, to listen to her, what she was going through? Did anyone think about, her side of the story?
My dear, I want to tell you today, to listen to the other side of the story as well. What you see in front of your eyes is not everything. You never know what someone is going through.
“Be a listening ear to someone, everyone needs someone to understand, their side of the story.”- Nei