two days we feasted

“What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of my kingdom.”

And Esther said “If it please the king, let the king and Haman come today to a feast that I have prepared for the king.”

Then the king said, “Bring Haman quickly, so that we may do as Esther has asked.”

So the king and Haman came to the feast that Esther had prepared.

And as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king said to Esther, “What is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”

Then Esther answered, “My wish and my request is: If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my wish and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”

July 22–23, 2017