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What Is the Glory of God, and How Do I Glorify God?

Yesterday was a difficult day, and seems to have spilled over into today.

My sweetheart gave her notice at work on Monday, and her employers (or some of them, at least) are not treating her kindly.  She is sick this morning.  This is probably caused by the intense stress she is under.

I found out about a possible teaching position on Monday, only to be told on Tuesday that there are “. . . thirty-five highly qualified applicants . . .” already.

And then, there is my guilt.  Why did I not work harder and save more earlier in my life?  Why did I sacrifice all kinds of relationships, money, opportunities, gifts, to the not-so-great god of my addiction?  Beating myself up is not helpful, but it’s such great fun.

I thought of those verses that say that we are to “glorify God in all things.”  How do I glorify God with all this stuff, I wondered.  How do I glorify God with/in the mess I’ve created?

I was also puzzled as to what the glory of God is, and how I could glorify God.  How can I glorify God, if I don’t even know what that means?   So I did what we all do: I googled it.  There were several helpful sites, but this one especially struck me.

http://founders.org/fj56/all-to-the-glory-of-god/, accessed 8-31-2016.

I glorify God by receiving from God, and by enjoying God and God’s blessings: Yes!

I can either look back with regret, or I can look up to where God sits enthroned.  Where I look will determine what I see.

So, how will I glorify God today?  I will receive from God a fresh sense of hope and purpose.  I will receive God’s reassurance that I am loved and have been forgiven.  I will receive and welcome God’s truth that I am influenced by my past, but that I am not determined by my past, and that I can choose to be influenced by my past in a redemptive manner.  My past can make me more humble and more kind to everyone.

One of the gifts God is giving me today is August 31, 2016.  I will receive it and enjoy it!  Above all, I will enjoy the God who gives me this day.

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