Where's God in Esther

My group project was on the story of Esther. Our group ended up doing a play on the significance of Esther in the Bible, but I think that we may have missed one interesting point in the story. Even though this story follows the same story as many books in the Old Testament, with its persecution of the Jews and it's rise from certain doom, the reader may begin to notice that there isn't any mention of God throughout the entire story. All of the issues handled in this story are done by men and women. It was weird to be reading a book in the bible and noticing that you are no longer reading about God. Considering that this story is about the deliverance of Jews from destruction, you would have thought to have seen some divine influence pop out somewhere. This story gives a lot of power to it's main character, a girl, Esther. It's odd for God not to be in a biblical story, but for it also to give the lead role to a girl is very surprising. Esther was the voice to a Persian king and she persuades him to allow the Jews to live. Having a women as the subtle voice of God may relate to how Moses was considered to be a bad speaker. God usually picks a person that isn't the common type hero. This story gives the Jews a sense of ability, showing that God doesn't make an appearance during all of their situations.