We Cannot Keep Trouble from Our Hearts by Banishing the Signs of Mourning from Our Dwellings
Esther 4:2
And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.


It is the height of folly, therefore, for us to try to surround ourselves with the appearance of security, and make believe that no change can come upon us. That is to do like the ostrich, which buries its head in the sand, and thinks itself safe from its pursuers because it can no longer see them. Trouble, sorrow, trial, death are inevitable, and the wise course is to prepare to meet them. We cannot shut our homes against these things; but we can open them to Christ, and when He enters He says, "My grace is sufficient for thee; My strength is made perfect in weakness."

(W. M. Taylor, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

WEB: He came even before the king's gate, for no one is allowed inside the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.




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