"In those days" ... this and similar phrases such as "when these days", "in this place", or "from that time" are used in Scripture.
I began reading Esther this morning that is only seven pages long in my Bible. It tells the story of a woman who becomes a queen. And in those days at that place she has the courage to stand and speak against the king's decisions at risk to her own life. (Now days we would have the sense to say that royal married couple had the sense to talk things out.)
The name of God is never mentioned in Esther yet that book is in the Bible. That makes Esther a grand book whose main message for me is when God's presence is not obvious he is still around. That is, like the book of Esther hints, he is beneath the surface of life.
So through the day today I plan to look for that "hidden" God for the surprises he may just bring. Esther's phrases such as "in those days" point to that "hidden" God that pops his head up now and then.
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