As this is my ‘Jubilee Blog’ (we’re on holiday next week) I just note how fitting it is to think of ‘journeys’ at this national time of rejoicing. Since 1952 our Queen has, as it were, accompanied us on so many. Our nation, and The Commonwealth, has been on a journey from the old to the new, from post-war to post-pandemic. The Sovereign has not led these journeys, that’s been down to the Prime Ministers, but it feels as if she has travelled with us, alongside us and always there.
In any family or community having a constant travelling companion brings security and comfort. I think I felt like that in April 2020 when the Queen made her now famous speech about ‘meeting again’ during the opening weeks of the pandemic. Afterwards her image was beamed up on those huge boards overlooking a deserted Piccadilly Circus.
Our long serving monarch has been travelling with our nation on her own ‘Elizabeth Line’ now for over 70 years. And this Jubilee we give thanks to God for her quiet inspiration and exemplary faithfulness, shown at every step of the journey.
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