A bit off topic...

After writing yesterday's post, I wondered if it may have been a bit heavy on the criticism.  I recalled this quote from Disney Pixar's Ratatouille:

"In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so." - Anton Ego

So in the words of Chef Skinner, "Perhaps I was a bit... harsh."  Perhaps if the author of "One Night with the King" and the makers of its movie had portrayed Esther more accurately, she would not have resonated with modern audiences.  I like to think it would have been better, of course, but I'm sure they had their reasons.

Anyway.  That's what's going on over here today.  It's just Disney Pixar quotes. :)

Have a happy weekend!

Hmm... Are there any valiant Disney Pixar female characters?....

The Book of Esther and “One Night with the King”

                This post will be a two for one special.  Not only will we be looking at Queen Esther as a valiant woman, I’m also going to review the 2006 movie based on a novelized version of the story, titled “One Night with the King.”

Even the smallest...

I think Esther was one of those "small people" who ended up changing the course of the future.  More on her tomorrow!

The Rose's Day

By Edmund Blair Leighton

Esther's Prayer

Welcome Back!

This week we're focusing on Esther, one of the heroines of the Old Testament.  Here are a few excerpts from her prayer:

O my Lord, who alone art our king, help me a desolate woman, and who have no other helper but thee.
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Remember, O Lord, and show thyself to us in the time of our tribulation: and give me boldness, O Lord, king of gods and of all power.
Give me a well ordered speech in my mouth, in the presence of the lion...
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O God, who art mighty above all, hear the voice of them, that have no other hope: and deliver us from the hand of the wicked.  And deliver me from my fear.

Little Vacation

Dear Readers,

I'm taking a break this week, hopefully getting caught up on things, and I'll be back at it again next week.  Happy Fourth of July!

-Valiant Woman in Training

A Psalm for Friday

Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways.

For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee. 

Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house.

Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.

May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayest thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
And mayest thou see thy children' s children, peace upon Israel.

Psalm 127