What do you think of when you read the word “glory”? I think of giving credit to whom credit is due, honoring someone, holding someone in high esteem, praising someone or giving all the accolades to someone who deserves it. That may work for human form of glory, but God’s glory is something entirely different.
God’s glory is the way in which He chooses to make Himself recognizable in our life. That’s right, how He displays Himself in our very life brings glory to Himself. The Bible tells us everything He made brings Him glory. Psalm 19:1 NKJV “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.”
Sharing brokenness with one another is a gift. Why? Because by showing our brokenness to one another, Jesus and His power can more clearly shine through. When we keep it to ourselves, try to clean up our story, our sin, and only show our beauty to one another, that is what they see...Our beauty. Beauty that is man-made and hollow.
But when we take the brave step of sharing our ugliness, our pain, our broken pieces, then His beauty can shine through, and it is truly beautiful.
He gets the glory of a life redeemed. Not us.
His glory shines through the mess. He picks up the pieces and begins to fit them all together to form the most beautiful mosaic, so much more beautiful than we could ever dream or imagine.
And that is why I share my story through my blog. I give you this gift of my brokenness, my family’s brokenness, that His glory might shine brightly through us.
I am thankful to God for using me to further His Kingdom.
Blessings,
Dalinda
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