In the poem The Present Crisis, James Russell Lowell wrote this gripping line: "Standeth God within the shadow keeping watch over His own". The short Book of Ester, within the Bible, is the incredible history of a beautiful and courageous young lady, and especially scandalous party, a tyrannical king, a beauty contest, an assassination plot, a diabolical antagonist, the threat of genocide, a opportunity for heroism and an ironic twist. But most importantly, throughout all of that crazy drama - eve when seemed like He was absent - God was standing in the shadows watching over His own.