A few Sundays ago, I was driving to church while mulling over a tough decision I have to make. I have an opportunity to give to a charitable cause that is very important to me. However, to fulfill the need of that cause, I need to give much more money than I usually do. While I was driving, a Bible verse came to mind. It is Esther 4:14, and is not at all a verse about giving money. Mordecai is begging Esther to do something about the proposed slaughter of the Jewish people in Persia. He tells her the following:

14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?"

See, that isn't about donating money, is it? But for me, it somehow fit. I have recently been blessed with a good job, and it made me wonder, was this an "Esther" situation? That I had been given this good job so I would have the money to give? And even further, that God wants me to search out "Esther" situations, where my gifts and abilities make me the best fit for a job? Anyway, I meditated on the verse and realized that maybe I did indeed need to give. I then went inside to church.

The pastor's sermon was on giving. And at the end, he quotes Esther 4:14. (play scary music). Just another coincidence that can be scientifically explained, right? There's a logical explanation for this, right? Or not?