Imagine

It’s the second Monday in June. The queen says (in her very posh voice), “Chef, please bake me a cake! It’s my birthday in Australia today.”

Some weeks later, the queen says again, “Chef, it’s my birthday. I need a cake!’”

And it’s not long before she says those words once more.

Prince Phillip looks up from his newspaper and says, “Not another birthday, dear. Didn’t you just celebrate one? And another before that?”

And the Queen replies, “After my Australian birthday, I had my Canadian one. This is my New Zealand birthday.” She pauses for a moment and then adds, “The Commonwealth can’t seem to decide when I was born.”

“All those birthdays,” says Prince Philip, “I thought you were looking old. You’re ageing much quicker than the rest of us.”

Imagine what Queen Elizabeth said next.

Imagine…

Meghan Markle says to her prince, “Harry, I’ve been reading about unschooling. Can we unschool Archie?” Then the royal couple have a big discussion about unschooling and get very excited before Prince Harry shakes his head and says, “It’s never going to happen. The Queen will not approve.”

No, Meghan and Harry can’t live an amazing unschool life. They have no choice. Unlike us.

Imagine…

Meghan announces she no longer wants to do her royal duty.

“I no longer want to fulfil other people’s expectations,” she says. “All those rules and regulations. We aren’t free to be ourselves.”

So Harry goes to the queen and says, “I’m sorry, Granny, we can’t go on. Meghan is just not happy.”

Now it’s the queen who isn’t happy, but what can she do? Meghan and Harry are determined to unschool.

Imagine…

The prime minister arrives home after another tiring coronavirus day. “As he slips off his shoes and sinks into his chair, he says to his wife, “It’s decided. All the hairdressers will close. They’re non-essential places of work.”

The prime minister’s wife opens her eyes wide and replies, “But, dear, what will you do when your hair starts to look shaggy? You have to keep neat and tidy… all those media interviews that are beamed around the world…”

A moment later, she smiles and says, “I know. Don’t worry. I will cut your hair for you!”

The next day, the prime minister gathers the media for an important announcement: ”Hair salons are essential businesses.”

When he gets home, the prime minister says to his wife, “I appreciate your offer, but there’s no need for you to cut my hair. Hairdressers are essential. The salons can remain open as long as appointments are no longer than 30 minutes.”

The prime minister’s wife raises her eyebrows and asks, “Are you serious? No one can get their hair cut in that amount of time. I certainly can’t.”

On the following day, the prime minister has another announcement, “No time restrictions needed for hairdressing appointments.”

Imagine…

We pray very hard, we repent and turn to God, and He grants us an Easter miracle. The coronavirus mysteriously disappears.

“We’re not sure what happened,” says the doctors shaking their heads. “The tests were positive. And now they’re not. Did we make a hundred thousand mistakes?”

Don’t imagine. Be confident. God will grant us a miracle of grace.

Photos: it certainly took longer than 30 minutes for our hairdresser to cut Gemma-Rose’s hair!