{"id":115286,"date":"2022-09-21T06:01:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T10:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=115286"},"modified":"2022-09-21T06:10:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T10:10:16","slug":"from-the-morning-bible-readings-960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=115286","title":{"rendered":"From the Morning Bible Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On that night the king could not sleep; and he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king. And it was found written how Mor\u2032decai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king\u2019s eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had sought to lay hands upon King Ahasu-e\u2032rus. And the king said, \u201cWhat honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mor\u2032decai for this?\u201d The king\u2019s servants who attended him said, \u201cNothing has been done for him.\u201d And the king said, \u201cWho is in the court?\u201d Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king\u2019s palace to speak to the king about having Mor\u2032decai hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for him. So the king\u2019s servants told him, \u201cHaman is there, standing in the court.\u201d And the king said, \u201cLet him come in.\u201d So Haman came in, and the king said to him, \u201cWhat shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?\u201d And Haman said to himself, \u201cWhom would the king delight to honor more than me?\u201d And Haman said to the king, \u201cFor the man whom the king delights to honor, let royal robes be brought, which the king has worn, and the horse which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown is set; and let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king\u2019s most noble princes; let him array the man whom the king delights to honor, and let him conduct the man on horseback through the open square of the city, proclaiming before him: \u2018Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.\u2019\u201d Then the king said to Haman, \u201cMake haste, take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mor\u2032decai the Jew who sits at the king\u2019s gate. Leave out nothing that you have mentioned.\u201d So Haman took the robes and the horse, and he arrayed Mor\u2032decai and made him ride through the open square of the city, proclaiming, \u201cThus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then Mor\u2032decai returned to the king\u2019s gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered. And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, \u201cIf Mor\u2032decai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not prevail against him but will surely fall before him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While they were yet talking with him, the king\u2019s eunuchs arrived and brought Haman in haste to the banquet that Esther had prepared.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Esther 6:1-14<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blessed to be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hike?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hike<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/photograph?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#photograph<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Italian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Italian<\/a> &#x1f1ee;&#x1f1f9; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dolomites?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dolomites<\/a> &#x1f97e;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sunrise?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sunrise<\/a> @destinationhiking <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/italy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#italy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/alps?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#alps<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mountains?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mountains<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/landscapephotography?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#landscapephotography<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nature?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nature<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/beautiful?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#beautiful<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/photography?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#photography<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nikonusa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nikonusa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/zcreators?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#zcreators<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/z7ii?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#z7ii<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/thephotohour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#thephotohour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/natgeo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#natgeo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/natgeophotos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#natgeophotos<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/passoddelerbe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#passoddelerbe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nikonoutdoors?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nikonoutdoors<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PwRpoefq34\">pic.twitter.com\/PwRpoefq34<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laura Hedien- Storm Clouds Photography (@lhedien) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lhedien\/status\/1572219988106264577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On that night the king could not sleep; and he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king. 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