April 29th 2011

As I write this I am in front of the ‘Tele’ waiting for William and Katherine to appear on the balcony which will be the scene of their first public kiss as man and wife. 

Brits were given a four day weekend in honor of the wedding celebrations and the majority will be joining in with the Royal occasion.  We chose not to join the throng in Central London today and watched the box instead.

We watched the ceremony hanging on every word. Delicate, tasteful, and God honoring, the service was moving.  It left me with hope and a prayer that this nation might see a future with Monarchs that have their feet steadily on the ground looking upward and outward.

Here the scripture reading

Romans 12:1-18

Dedicated Service

¹Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

²And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

³For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.

⁴For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function,

⁵so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

⁶Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith;

⁷if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching;

⁸or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

⁹Let love be without hypocrisy Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

¹⁰Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;

¹¹not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

¹²rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,

¹³contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.

¹⁴Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

¹⁵Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

¹⁶Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly Do not be wise in your own estimation.

¹⁷Never pay back evil for evil to anyone Respect what is right in the sight of all men.

¹⁸If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.