Lately I have been obsessed with the word “glory.” Everywhere I go it somehow comes up. Spoken or unspoken everything in my life has been just pointing back to “glory.” The most amazing sunset on Saturday night. Being in the perfect place at the perfect time to really take in everything in its full glory. Friday night spending with women watching the “IF” gathering oozed with glory. My heart jumped. God’s glory alive in these women – accessible and relatable. Glory alive in the midst of heartbreaking vulnerability. Women who were not performing the role of “nice Christian woman” but who were real, honest, authentic and far more powerful and beautiful as a result. My tendency to lead with vulnerability has resulted in off handed comments that do not fit the perfect image of the “nice Christian woman” so watching these leaders really resonated with me. Imperfectly and often with a lot of desperation, I cling to Jesus. I got to visibly see the glory in other women who do the same.
“And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” – 2 Corinthians 3:18.
Every time we get overwhelmed by the glory of God we are being transformed into HIS image with ever-INCREASING glory. What an incredible promise. At times it feels too good to be true. In the midst of walking around the city, which I know like the back of my hand, God showed up with the most jaw dropping cotton candy sunset you could ever imagine, and all I needed to do was contemplate His glory which in turn leads to my own transformation. How is that even fair? He is so much better than fair. He is full of glory. What a good, glorious, awesome God. He wants to reveal His glory to us. How amazing is that?
