Perhaps You Have Been Chosen

Perhaps you have been chos­en

For such a time as this!

So Mor­de­cai told Es­ther

To serve as she’d been blessed.

Their peo­ple were in dan­ger

And need­ed some­one brave—

A queen who knew her call­ing

To risk and act and save.

She stood up for her peo­ple

And dared ap­proach the king

Although he might have killed her

For do­ing such a thing.

Inviting him to din­ner—

A feast to sa­tis­fy—

She asked of him a favor:

Don’t let my peo­ple die!

The king gave what she want­ed

And let her peo­ple live

And all be­cause Queen Es­ther

Used what she had to give.

She faced her fear with cour­age

She changed the things she could

She chose to make a dif­fer­ence—

To use her life for good.

O God

we look around us

And see a world in need.

There’s vio­lence and in­jus­tice

There’s pre­judice and greed.

Remind us of our call­ing

To brave­ly use our gifts.

Perhaps we have been chos­en

For such a time as this.