The Mirror of the Word and other works by C.E. White can be purchased on her website, cewhitebooks.com or on Amazon.

“Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she smiles at the future.”

—Proverbs 31:25

Do we go out into the world wearing strength and dignity? Do we face the unknown with confidence in our God, showing that we know him to be good, trustworthy, and in control?

We don’t have to fear the future when we’re walking with the Lord. Like Esther, we can walk into the Lord’s plan for us saying, “If I perish, I perish” (Esther 4:16).

Hard things may happen, but when our lives are hidden in Christ (Colossians 3:3), our hope is secure in the eternal promise of a God who cannot lie and does not change. Good things may happen too. God often shows up when we least expect it—when it seems like everything is against us—just like he did for Esther and the Israelites. We don’t know what our earthly future holds, but we know God is leading us, and we can walk through it all with strength and dignity because of our trust in him.

The truth is, we can cower at the future, or we can smile at it; it will come with its good and bad all the same. But we know how the story ends, and the Lord gives us what we need along the way.

So let’s step into the unknown, the chaos, and the trials with strength, dignity, and confidence in what he has for us. Our ultimate, infinite eternity will outshine it all, and that is worth smiling at.

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