Today marks the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II. As a person, she was loved by her family and no doubt had a great influence on them for different reasons. As an authority figure and head of state of one of the biggest empires in the world, she is either remembered with reverence and fondness or thought of with resentment and disappointment for all the opportunities she missed to make amends for the atrocities committed by the British Empire in history. One thing stands out though - all Kings and Queens, no matter the size of their empire or the amount of admiration from those they lord over, eventually have one final journey to make. A journey that is the great equalizer in humankind. A journey that underlines the fact that we are all equally mortal human beings. It is on the one side our journey to the grave and on the other side a journey to an eternal life.
And what then? We have but one lifetime granted to us by an almighty God who is the Sovereign God over us. Even Queen Elizabeth recognised and publicly declared her own personal accountability to the God of the Bible - the Father, Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. She knew she would one day stand before the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and will be held accountable for the life she was granted on earth by the One that is The Sovereign over the sovereign of the British Empire.
Maybe today is a good day to reflect on our own mortality and to remember that there's a day coming when everything on earth will be returning to dust. No matter how important we may deem ourselves to be, that is the one thing we cannot get around.
Point to ponder
Take a moment or 3 this week to imagine what you will do/feel - what it will be like to arrive in heaven and be ushered into the throne room of the King of Kings. What it will be like for you to stand before Him. I share a song of Mercy me that speaks about this moment.
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