Happy Jubilee
Happy Jubilee to everyone. I wonder what your favourite moment of the weekend was?
• Paddington Bear having tea with the Queen?
• The service in the Cathedral?
• Little Prince Louis stealing the show by pulling funny
faces during the rock concert or covering his ears as
the Red Arrows flew over.
• The pageant on Sunday, was described by one BBC
correspondent as “baffling, brilliant and bonkers”.
• Or perhaps for you the greatest moment was Brian
May emerging under Queen Victoria’s nose playing
“We will Rock you” on his electric guitar?
Well we as a family had the privilege on Thursday to go up to Westminster to watch the planes flying over. We didn’t quite make it to the Mall, but where we were near Big Ben we could see each of the 70 planes flying over, with a massive roar of the crowd each time. And to top it off, our neighbourhood here in Huntingdon had a street party complete with Union Jack cake and Good old British weather. It was a historic weekend, and certainly one that all of our family will remember for many years to come.
There’s a verse from the Bible which the then Archbishop of Canterbury gave to the Queen as she was preparing for her coronation. It’s the words of Jesus Christ in Luke 22:26. It says, “the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves”.
Jesus was calling those with authority- Kings, Queens, rulers, we could say presidents, head teachers, politicians, managers, all of us inasmuch as we have been given responsibility over others- to use that authority not to big ourselves up, but to serve. As we look at our newsfeeds and see rulers using their power to invade, oppress and kill others, we must be grateful for a Queen who from the start asked her subjects to pray that she would be a servant.
And in doing so she mirrored THE SERVANT, the servant King, Jesus Christ who came not to be served, but to serve and give his life as a ransom or rescue for people. We thank God for the Queen and for 70 years of service. We thank God even more for the King of Kings, Jesus Christ, who gave up his life so that you and I might be forgiven and brought into a relationship with God.
Let’s finish with a reminder of that great track by another Queen. Have a great day!
Followed by “We will Rock you” by Queen.
Charlie Newcombe 8/6/22