Esther's Prayer

Oh, Abba Father,
Is this way truly meant for me? Am I, a common young woman, capable to accomplish this, all that you have called me to? I am so afraid, afraid that I will fail you, that I will fall short, that my mouth would not utter the words that burn like fire in my heart, and that I would run in fear for escape. I do not want this, Lord; I want only to honor and please you, to fulfill all that you have promised through me. This heart of mine, so awaken from rest, is suffering and aching over a fear I have never known before, a fear so strange. Promise me, Oh Lord, that you will stay by my side and carry me through. Give me strength, and give me words. Let me go before this place, and think of you, and speak the only truth I know and desire to know. May my words be filled with you, and may my very presence, Father, be so brightly shining and evident of the Holy Spirit, that they might know my undying love for you, that they might desire that same love. Come what may, for by your grace do I go.

"When this is done, I will go to the King, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish"
-Esther 4:16