She grew up as, more or less, a "regular" person. She just happened to attend the same university as the future king. I wonder if she ever imagined that she would be Queen one day? Or that her children will be heirs to the British crown?
With that in mind, I can't help thinking about the (perhaps obvious) parallel to our destiny in Christ. We are joint heirs with him (Rom 8:17). In the very same way that HRH became royalty by being the bride of an heir to the throne, so will we be presented as the bride of Christ, and thus will be "royalty" by our marriage to Christ (Rev 21:2,9).
And while we wait for Christ's return as King, we speak and act as joint heirs with him, grafted into royal life with Jesus through the mercy of his cross.
