"...if I could press a button and go back to the way it was in the Garden of Eden, I would, because so many times I don't feel like I have any glory at all. I feel like I am in a lifeboat trying to get other people to say I am important and valued, and even when they do, it feels as though their opinion isn't strong enough to give me the feeling I need, the feeling that quit at the Fall."
-Annonymous
posted by Emily Smith @ 2:32 PM
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It's just a good reminder to me of why I don't feel completed by other people or things. And you're right, I'm sure he does intend for me to feel a little glory - it reminds me of the full measure we'll receive in heaven. (which keeps me in anticipation)
Our glory is in Christ Jesus! We are co-heirs with Him in heavenly places and children of the Most High! Knowing my identity in Jesus--and being known by others that I am a follower of Him is glory enough for me! Though I will admit that it took me quite awhile to realize this fact, and I must say that Satan would like us to think otherwise; that nothing we do matters and that we ought to be admonished outwardly for everything we do, when Christ clearly stated that we are not to let our right hand see what our left hand is doing. Even if we think no one sees how hard we've worked on something, and the disappointment we tend to feel when no one says "Thank you," God is always here watching, as we aim for His approval in everything we do. This is how we glorify Him :)
~Andrea R. Smith
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2 NIV
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