Such A Time As This

Esther is an immigrant Jewish girl. by a strange sequence of events, she’s taken into the king’s hareem and becomes the Queen of Persia. Haman, second in command in the Persian Empire, plots to destroy the Jews.

Mordecai, Esther’s cousin, seeing Esther’s unique opportunity to prevent this destruction of their people, says: ‘Who knows whether you have achieved royal status for such a time as this?’

‘No More Secrets’ tells the story of Betty Webb who joined the ‘Auxiliary Territorial Service’, the women’s branch of the British Army. Betty’s ‘such a time as this’ came when she was appointed to work in codebreaking…

Between 1941 and 1945 she worked at Bletchley Park, deciphering the secret communications of the Germans and later the Japanese….

Our doorbell rang. It was Jess Asato, our Labour Candidate for the election on July 4^th. We discussed the perceived strengths and weaknesses of Pater Aldous, our current Conservative MP, and Bob Blizzard our previous Labour MP; we talked about our concerns for the locality – employment, access to the NHS and dentistry, community investment…

Jess believes that she should be elected to serve Lowestoft in Westminster ‘for such a time as this’.

Norwich City have announced the appointment of Johannes Hoff Thorup as their new head coach, completing his move from Danish Superliga side FC Nordsjaelland.

Talking about his hopes and plans for next season he said: ‘I’m excited. I hope that the supporters are excited as well’. Johannes has ambitions, and believes that he is the man ‘for such a time as this’.

Esther, Betty, Jess, Johannes… ordinary people who find themselves in unique ‘such a time as this’ situations where they can affect the lives of many. They choose to serve others despite uncertainties regarding their future,…

Each day I have ‘such a time as this’ opportunities. I find myself in unique situations where I can affect the lives of others. Uncertain of what my future holds, I can choose to serve…