Respect…

 Respect…

Respect…

: an act of giving particular attention : CONSIDERATION

: high or special regard : ESTEEM

: the quality or state of being esteemed

respects plural : expressions of high or special regard or deference…Merriam Webster …

I was thinking of the important men in my life over  the years…

My father, my grandfathers, my husband, my father in law, my sons, sons in law, grandsons…and many men through college, business men/associates of my husband and myself, neighbors, pastors, many more…

The majority were people worthy of  respect…honorable…

I thought of Vashti in this scene of Esther 1…she may have felt disrespected by her husband… one commentary wrote, that she may have been pregnant and felt discomfort in showing herself in the front of a hoard of men…probably drunk…by making her stand of “no”, she lost her  queenly standing…banned…although later in life she is mentioned with her son who ruled after Xerxes…

 For a full 180 days he displayed the vast wealth of his kingdom and the splendor and glory of his majesty. When these days were over, the king gave a banquet, lasting seven days, in the enclosed garden of the king’s palace, for all the people from the least to the greatest who were in the citadel of Susa. The garden had hangings of white and blue linen, fastened with cords of white linen and purple material to silver rings on marble pillars. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and other costly stones. Wine was served in goblets of gold, each one different from the other, and the royal wine was abundant, in keeping with the king’s liberality. 

By the king’s command each guest was allowed to drink with no restrictions, for the king instructed all the wine stewards to serve each man what he wished. 

Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes. 

On the seventh day, when King Xerxes was in high spirits from wine, he commanded the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Karkas— to bring before him Queen Vashti, wearing her royal crown, in order to display her beauty to the people and nobles, for she was lovely to look at. But when the attendants delivered the king’s command, Queen Vashti refused to come. Then the king became furious and burned with anger.

Esth.1.4-12

 Then when the king’s edict is proclaimed throughout all his vast realm, all the women will respect their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”

Esth.1.20

There are those who cross our paths whom we have no respect for… sometimes we have to respect their place in society, whether we personally respect them…I like the last verse, giving an answer for our hope respectfully and gently…honoring others with the truth…God has a plan for every person we meet…

Thank YOU…

 “‘Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

Lev.19.3

 Her husband is respected at the city gate,where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

Prov.31.23

 “A man named Ananias came to see me. He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there.

Acts.22.12

 Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

Rom.13.7

 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Eph.5.33

 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect. 

In the same way, the women are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.

1Tim.3.2, 4,11

 Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.

Titus.2.2

 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

1Pet.3.7

 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,

1Pet.3.15

Worthy…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdeFFKRX8as&list=RDxdeFFKRX8as&start_radio=1