Be Still And Know

1 Corinthians 11:1 "You should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ." When King Charles 3rd was declared our monarch on September 10th he promised to follow the example of his mother. I am interested how often people have spoken of the example that Queen Elizabeth set, and of its influence upon their lives. And the truth is, of course, that our lives all have an influence on other people. Whether we are aware of it or not, people are watching the way in which we live and speak. They notice particularly the way in which we respond to challenges and difficulties. When we think of the Queen we are not thinking of someone who was perfect, but we remember the way in which she conducted herself in good times and bad, in times of celebration and moments of profound sadness. The apostle Paul encouraged the Corinthians to follow his example and he did so not because he was perfect but because he was modelling his own life upon Jesus Christ. Before anything else he wanted people to follow Christ, and he hoped that peop