Our Faithful Queen
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toleranCe<br />
She was invited to pray:<br />
Lord, may nothing ever separate me from thy<br />
peace; neither the extremes of joy nor the depths<br />
of sorrow, neither the acclamation of my people<br />
nor my own fatigue or secret anxieties, neither the<br />
demands of my sovereignty nor the claims of my<br />
family life; neither health nor sickness, national<br />
trials nor personal loss, times of tribulation nor<br />
times of wealth. In all things, Lord, keep me<br />
in thy love and peace.<br />
Have her prayers been answered? Peace is one of<br />
the qualities God’s Holy Spirit grows in the lives<br />
of Christians along with other evidence of God’s<br />
Holy Spirit.<br />
Those who have seen the <strong>Queen</strong>’s life behind closed<br />
doors are the most qualified to comment on which<br />
qualities are evident in her life.<br />
Top: with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge,<br />
during a visit to Nottingham, 2012.<br />
Bottom: with the Prince of Wales at the Braemar<br />
Highland Games, Aberdeenshire, 2006.<br />
During a toast to the <strong>Queen</strong> at a lunch celebrating<br />
their golden wedding anniversary, the Duke of<br />
Edinburgh said: ‘Tolerance is the one essential<br />
ingredient in any happy marriage.... You can take<br />
it from me, the <strong>Queen</strong> has the quality of tolerance<br />
in abundance.’<br />
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