Sometimes God uses those who...
Sometimes God uses those who lack pedigree in order to fine-tune our attention and our focus. John the Baptist served such a function. Queen Caroline, the wife of England's King George II, once went to see an exhibition of portraits of English royalty, all executed by the painter Jonathan Richardson. She observed the picture of the plain-looking Oliver Cromwell, the only commoner to interrupt the tradition of royal rule in England. Cromwell's severe dress made him a striking contrast, framed and displayed between Charles I and Charles II.