If you haven’t seen it already, I’d urge you to watch the Queen’s Christmas speech.
The media keeps describing it as being all about family but they’re skimming over the whole second half which was all about Jesus:
“Although we are capable of great acts of kindness, history teaches us that we sometimes need saving from ourselves – from our recklessness or our greed.
God sent into the world a unique person – neither a philosopher nor a general, important though they are, but a Saviour, with the power to forgive. . .
It is in forgiveness that we feel the power of God’s love. . . “
There were more than a few tears in our house. It was a little surreal to hear the monarch be open about her Christian convictions, doing something so counter cultural and difficult for many within the church at times. I had a huge amount of respect for her already but it has just increased a whole lot.
There were more tears later in the day too thanks to Doctor Who and Downton Abbey – hooray for happy endings! And as The Doctor says, happy tears make us human. Like Jesus, at Christmas. Incredible.
And post-Christmas . . .
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