TY - BOOK AU - Swindoll,Charles R. TI - Esther: a woman of strength & dignity : profiles in character T2 - Great lives from God's Word SN - 0849913837 AV - BS1375.2 .S93 1997 U1 - 222.906 21 PY - 1997/// CY - Nashville, Tennessee PB - Thomas Nelson KW - Esther, KW - Bible KW - Esther KW - Biography KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-203); God's invisible providence -- There she goes : Miss Persia! -- Strength and dignity on parade -- An evil interlude -- Thinking and saying what's right-- regardless -- Esther's finest hour -- What goes around comes around -- God's surprising sovereignty -- And the walls came tumbling down -- The limitations of retaliation -- After the ache, celebrate! -- In the end, God wins N2 - The author interweaves an ancient, real-life story with insight not only into the virtues of Queen Esther, but into how the qualities that formed her and empowered her can be ours ER -