Poor Meghan Markle. Yes, poor Meghan Markle. In case you’ve been out of this world over the past months and don’t know about Meghan Markle, let me update you. Meghan Markle is the American actress who married Prince Harry of England a few months back and became the granddaughter-in-law to Queen Elizabeth. Story-tale romance, beautiful wedding, handsome prince for a husband, so why do I call her poor?
Every day there is another article in the press about her … mostly about what she’s doing wrong as the new Duchess of Sussex. She curtsied too low, her dress was too billowy, she bared her shoulders, she wore black other than to a funeral, she sat with her legs crossed, or she didn’t do this or that correctly according to royal rules. Apparently, there are so many rules, both written and unspoken, about how royals are to dress, walk, act, eat, that the learning curve is enormous. And poor Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, is taken to task by all the rules-watchers every day for some new thing she just hasn’t gotten quite right.
May I boldly say, it is more complicated to be a granddaughter-in-law to England’s Queen than it is to be a son or daughter of Heaven’s Eternal King!
“God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast.” [Eph 2:6-10 NIV]
God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in His heavenly kingdom. God shows us the riches of His grace. God is kind to us. We are saved by His grace through our faith, not by following rules or laws. That grace is God’s gift to us. Our Father God, through the work of His son, Christ Jesus, did it all for us. The only “rule” we have is the one Jesus gave to His disciples shortly before His death … to love as He has loved us. [John 15:12]
Thank you, Father. Amen
