People
Mordecai in Esther 4
MOR-deh-kye
This person shows up in Esther 4:1: “Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Esther 4:1
“Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, and wailed loudly and bitterly.”
What kids can learn
When you hear mordecai in Esther, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Esther 4:1 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Esther 4:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
NowwhenMordecaifoundoutallthatwasdone,Mordecaitorehisandputonsackclothwithashes,andwentoutthemiddleofthecity,andloudlyandbitterly.