The final push
of this trip is right in front of us, but first stop on our way to London was
at some strange stones in the middle of a sheep pasture. The mysteries of
Stonehenge are mostly speculative, but while we were looking at this
interesting construct, we were aware that it represented earliest man’s attempt
to find anything and anyone to worship…except God. It stood to us as a sobering reminder of the
same proclivities in our own hearts on any given day.
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| Group picture among the stones |
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| Traditional Ninja moves |
As we approached London
we were escorted right in front of Buckingham Palace! Tradition says that if
the Standard flag is flying above the palace, the Queen is present. With Kate’s
imminent birth of the new princess, Elizabeth is sure to be in town! It’s pretty cool to see that flag in the wind
and search the royal windows to see if she is peering out at the rest of
us. There’s something wonderfully
symbolic about that flag flying above the palace; it shouts to the world that
Her Majesty is present. It’s not a stretch to realize that we too have a flag
that flies above our residence (that is ourselves). His Majesty resides in us
and gives the world an expectation to see who He is and experience the
anticipation of being in His presence.
What good is Buckingham Palace when it is empty of royalty – it’s only a
pretty building. Likewise, what good is
a well-built life if the Royalty does not reside within? She brings the value to the palace; He brings
the value to our lives. So wear your
flag high – you are the residence of the Most High. Our next stop was to Westminster Abbey where
the bones of this country’s heads of state and famous authors and composers
have been laid to rest. We were in awe
at the ability to reach out and touch the coffins of Mary Queen of Scots and
Queen Elizabeth I. We stood on the stones of Charles Dickens and C.S. Lewis,
Caedmon and Robert Blake! So many
of ourliterary friends were waiting to
greet us – it was like walking into their majestic home!
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| Westminster Abbey |
Covent Gardens and
dinner at Nando’s ushered us into an evening at the theater where we watched
“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and laughed heartily. Big Ben lit the way for us as we strolled arm-in-arm
back to our hotel along the waters of the Thames. This is an extraordinary
city!
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| The view of our hotel - County Hall Marriott |
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| Dinner at Nandos
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1 Corinthians 6:19,20
Or do you not know that your body is a
temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God You are not your own, for you were
bought with a price. So glorify God in
your body.
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| Taylor Jensen |
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| Lance Legault |
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| Chandler Garrison |
“Many
Christians forget that they are bearing a testimony: they do not think that
anybody notices them. Ay, but they do.”
Spurgeon
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