My First Blog: [Created For] Such A Time As This

So, I'm kinda new to this... I've never been the "blogger type." But it's something God has placed on my heart to do. And maybe, just maybe, He'll use me to speak to someone else (although I can't imagine anyone other than my mom reading this!!).
Anyway, I thought for my first blog I would write about my blog title "Such A Time As This." If you've ever been to Sunday School you probably recognize the quote. It's from the story of Esther, which happens to be one of my favorite Bible stories. You see we read this quote right when Esther has had enough: she's been orphaned and in the care of her uncle, she's found herself living in the palace with the king, and she's now discovered that her whole race is about to be wiped out. This is my favorite part of the story because this is when we really get to know Esther. Up until now we picture her as a nice, pretty young girl living the dream. Kind of like Anne Hathaway in Princess Diaries. But now, in the climax of the story, we discover that she's determined and courageous. She sends word to her uncle asking him what she should do about their race. He sends back a letter saying "Maybe you were created for such a time as this."
Have you ever thought about that?? I mean really thought about it. You wanna know what I think about it? I think that it's just as relevant today as it was three thousand years ago. I  believe that God is whispering that to each and every one of us every day. When I drive by the homeless man on the street "Hey Joni, you were created for such a time as this." When I see that kid sitting alone in the lunch room "Hey Joni, you were created for such a time as this." When I see the stressed mom trying to control her kids at the grocery store "Hey Joni, you were created for such a time as this."
You see, God's speaking. We're the problem. Imagine that!! Me, a problem?? Yes, it's true. We, as humans, tend to only hear what we want to. It's like when I'm at the dinner table and my mom says "Hey, if you put gas in the car you can use it this weekend." Well, all I choose to hear is "you can have the car this weekend." Then once the weekend comes and I call my mom asking for gas money she goes on to ask why I took the car if I couldn't afford the gas. Well, it's like that with God too. We can't just read the part of the Bible that says "He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins" and not read about caring for the widow and pleading for the orphan. If we want the rewards of Christian living we need to hear everything God says. Not just that we can have the car, but that we need to put gas in it to make it go.
God's calling you; He's calling us. He's saying "Now is your time. I put you in that school for a reason. I gave you that job not only so that you could feed your family but so that you could feed my sheep. You want to know why your family doesn't know me yet? Because I gave them you to tell them. You were created for now."
I hear Him. Do you?