maritally. Force yourself for the moment to imagine the debauchery of that banquet hall. The vulgarity and obscenity of the jokes. The lust in the mind of King Ahasuerus when he wanted to display his wife for the carnal pleasure of himself and his friends. The decision to divorce Vashti because she wouldn’t cooperate. Yet, in spite of all that, God’s purposes were not frustrated. And neither are they in your life. How do I know that? Because He is a God who applies grace to the long view of life. Wrong grieves