✨ Reflection
This morning I was reading the book of Esther while listening to the Bible through YouVersion and following along in Tony Evans’s Bible. One of the short video devotionals said something that stopped me in my tracks.
Detours are used by God to bring you to His intended destination for your life — your destiny.
That word detours stayed with me.
I have been reading Esther from chapter 1 and now moving into chapter 4, and something about the story felt familiar. God is not mentioned anywhere in the book of Esther, yet His presence is obvious. You can see His hand moving behind the scenes — positioning people, shifting circumstances, setting things up for the right moment.
And it made me look at my own life.
May 25, 2025 — I established my publishing imprint.
November 21, 2025 — I published my first book.
April 5, 2026 — my second book will be released.
For years before that, I was silent.
Now I speak.
But if I’m honest, when I first started this journey I assumed that once I opened my mouth and began telling the truth, something big would happen right away. I thought the doors would swing open, the sales would come, and everything would just “pop.”
That hasn’t happened.
At times it can feel like the wilderness — like writing and releasing these books while nothing outwardly spectacular seems to be happening. No best-seller list. No sudden wave of recognition. Just obedience.
But when I read Esther, I was reminded of something important.
God often works quietly.
In Esther’s story, God’s name is never mentioned, yet His fingerprints are all over the outcome. He positioned Esther. He preserved Mordecai. And when the moment came, everything unfolded exactly as it was meant to.
Not because anyone forced it.
But because they were obedient.
That is the part that resonated with me the most.
My job is not to manufacture the outcome.
My job is not to force the results.
My assignment is obedience.
To write what God tells me to write.
To say what He tells me to say.
To release what He places in my hands.
The rest belongs to Him.
Obedience is better than sacrifice.
And sometimes what feels like a detour is simply God setting the stage for what only He can do.
— LeYonce
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