Sometimes You Need to “Tattle.” Esther 2:21-23.

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Esther 2:21-23 includes an interesting story. When Esther’s uncle Mordecai hears of a plot to assassinate the king, he reports it, saves the king’s life, and later that act leads to the salvation of the entire Jewish race.

The point is, sometimes you gotta speak up. Sometimes the “tattler” is the hero. Sometimes the schoolyard loyalty that young people prize so highly is completely wrong—sometimes you have to report dangers and risks and crazy things your peers do or say.

There is no Biblical support for the no-tattling rule.

Sometimes it’s a serious matter and you need to speak up, even if it means an alleged “betrayal” of your best friend or cousin or sibling. Sometimes speaking up will save them even from their own bad decisions.

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Published by Steven Wales

Dad's Daily Devotional began as text messages to my family. I wanted my teenagers to know their father was reading the Bible. But they were at school by then. Initially, I sent them a favorite verse or an insight based on what I read each day. That grew into drafting a devotional readng which I would send them via text. I work as an attorney and an adjunct professor, and recently wrote a book called HOW TO MAKE A'S.

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