The Greatest Prayer Week 3 - Thy Kingdom Come
When I was a kid I used to like to go to Burger King . This was in the days before the Happy Meal , and Burger King pretty much flogged McDonald's when it came to kid friendly crud because they gave you a paper crown to wear. I would wear my paper crown with pride even after I left the BK. As my mom ran errands and did her thing around town with me in tow, other children would stare at me in jealousy because they knew I had just eaten at BK. I felt like... well, royalty. Wearing a paper crown sort of does something to your psyche when your five years old. At least it did to me, which may tell you way too much about my psyche. At any rate, I felt different. There were all the poor children shuffling through the grocery store without a crown and then there was me. King. Ruler of all that I surveyed. I could sit in the grocery cart and wave to them with that sort of backhanded wave that kingly people wave. The crown, howeve...