FACES OF OUR FAITH: QUEEN VASHTI (following the July 30 sermon)
read ESTHER 1-2:17
from the artist | HANNAH GARRITY
Having the bravery and confidence to stand up to an
inappropriate request from a superior is both paramount to the moral foundation
of society, and extremely difficult. We each know deep down when we are doing
right or wrong.
In this text, Vashti’s modesty and fearlessness resonated
with me. I imagined her recognizing that her husband’s demand for her to show
her beauty to his drunken friends overstepped his bounds.
Her simple reply, “no,” is feared by the male “sages who
knew the laws” (Esther 1:13). They advise the king to cast Queen Vashti out and
to replace her with a new queen.
Here I have represented Vashti dancing alone. I see her
living into her refusal with grace and beauty, exhibiting independence and
strength in her solitary righteousness.
reprinted with permission from A Sanctified Art
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