Be Still And Know

John 14:1-3   “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.” Jesus spoke these words of comfort to his disciples just before his Crucifixion. The disciples seem to have had very little idea of what was going on and certainly hadn’t understood that Jesus was going to leave them so soon. But Jesus knew that they would need reassurance as they passed through turbulent and challenging days. In short, he said there is nothing to worry about because God had made perfect plans for the future.  As we mourn the passing of Queen Elizabeth it is wonderful that we are able to do so with the sure knowledge that she knew that her life was secure in God’s hands. She was happy to be extremely public and clear about her personal devotion to Christ, and her desire to l