Their influence is based on political power, which is always short-lived. But royalty is about real influence that lasts forever, that changes lives. It's often invisible. The people who have touched you most deeply, whom you most want to be like, whose influence doesn't fade, are men and women of godly character. That's what really changes us, not what is said on television or in newspapers.
Popular influence is short-lived.
We qualify as kings by having hearts for the Lord. The following piece appeared in the New York Times and was reprinted in the San Jose Mercury last week. Oseola McCarty made the gift as she felt her own time creeping to a close, as worsening arthritis made it hard for her to work or sometimes even stand. People, famous and ordinary, sought her out and called her holy. She even made it to New York.