" experience the Holy One in our own lives. God’s plan is often hidden from us in such a way that we can’t see what He’s doing. We may feel abandoned by Him and wonder what He is doing and why He has left us all alone. But of course He isn’t ‘missing’ at all, just as He isn’t really missing in Esther’s story. He’s always right beside us, only a prayer away, working out events for our salvation. He wants us to trust Him in faith, even when we can’t see or understand what He is doing.” “I remember how abandoned we felt when we first heard Haman’s decree,” Devorah said. “No one could understand why He allowed evil to win. "

― Lynn Austin , Keepers of the Covenant (The Restoration Chronicles, #2)