Triple C News - Sept. 9
Hey, everyone…
Today is such a beautiful day but for me it’s different than any other day in my life.
This is the first day of my life that Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor…
“by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other realms and territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith”…
isn’t the Queen.
Yesterday was just as beautiful a day as today but it ended sadder than I thought it would!
Queen Elizabeth was the longest reigning queen or king of England.
In the time it took for there to be seven popes, fourteen US Presidents, and fifteen prime ministers, Great Britain only had one queen!
When my grand dad immigrated to America from St Austell, Cornwall with his mom in 1900, seeking a new life and hope after his dad died and left them alone in the world…
Queen Victoria was still on the throne!
After her came…
King Edward vii…
then King George v…
then King Edward viii (quitter!)…
then King George vi (Remember “The King’s Speech”?)…
then Queen Elizabeth ii !!
Even tho’ she had a huge sense of humor (and could do imitations of famous heads of state!) she was always so dutiful and dignified and I’ve always admired her so much for these.
One historian said that after her parents, King George vi and Elizabeth i, decided to remain in the heart of London with their people, during the German bombings in the war…
“…duty became her watchword for the rest of her life”.
I’ve always felt that talking and behaving in a dignified way affirms the dignity of the other person and is just a human being at their coolest!
But hers may have been more than social dignity and royal duty.
When she gave her first “Christmas Address” in 1952, just before she became Queen, she asked everyone “to pray for me…that God may give me wisdom and strength to carry out the solemn promises I shall be making, and that I may faithfully serve Him and you, all the days of my life.”
“But, hey! Maybe she was just saying that. I mean, whatdya expect from someone like that on a day like that?”
Maybe.
Or maybe there was more in her royal heart.
One thing that I have freshly realized is that in the New Testament, there is no such thing as devotion to Jesus that doesn’t include a corresponding allegiance to His teachings and His words.
Jesus said…
“Anyone who loves Me will obey My teaching….Anyone who does not love Me will not obey My teaching.…” (John 14.23-24)
““If you hold to My teaching, you are really My disciples!” (John 8.31)
She might have grasped this before I did.
Sixty four years after her first Christmas Address in 2016 she testified that…
“Billions of people now follow Christ’s teaching and find in him the guiding light for their lives. I am one of them because Christ’s example helps me see the value in doing small things with great love…”
Once she wrote…
““For me the teachings of Christ and my own personal accountability before God provide a framework in which I try to lead my life. I, like so many of you, have drawn great comfort in difficult times from Christ’s words and example.”
Amen, Your Majesty!
Actually, today is the first day in 70 years that no one calls her “Your Majesty” because Jesus is the King of that place where she’s gone and she is finally with…
His Majesty.
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