We rejoice in tribulations also knowing that tribulation works patience. Is it rational or reasonable to rejoice in tribulation or suffering? Surely we ought to 'take arms against a sea of trouble and by opposing end them? Is Hamlet's repsonse to tribulation not the more reasonable or rational response? There is one very good reason why it is reasonable and rational to glory or rejoice in tribulations, trials, pain, problems, and grief and the secret of that is contained within the book of Esther.
Dr J Stewart Gillespie