The name of God is not mentioned in the book of Esther, But “the hand of God lives behind every event. A He is there, I’m saying, I mentioned, yet working all things together and turning every event around to fulfill His purposes. Esther is the Book of the Unmentioned God. And the Book of the Unmentioned God is a most holy book. It’s the book that speaks of all the times you don’t feel the presence of God, when you don’t hear His voice, when you don’t see His hand, when there’s no sign of His love or purpose, and when He .seems far away or not there at all. So when all you see is darkness, that is the time of the Book of the Unmentioned God. And it’s telling you this: Even though you don’t feel His presence, it is there still. Even though you don’t see his hand, it is still moving. Even when you don’t hear His voice, He is still speaking, even in the silence. Even when you feel abandoned and alone, still His love is there. And even when He seems hopelessly far away from you, He is still right there beside you, working every detail in your life but for His purposes and your redemption. And in the end, the light will break the darkness, the good will prevail, and you will know that you were never alone. He was with you all along. And it was holy. It was the time of your Book of the Unmentioned God.” —–An excerpt from “The Book of Mysteries” by Jonathan Cahn