Learning to Live in the Glory

When I say the words, "Learning to live in the glory" my mind starts churning, to actually figure out what those words mean. Often times I get this mental picture of clouds all around; you know, the dark, foreboding clouds, black and tumultuous, heavy and full of rain, then this little sliver of sun light shoots out through the clouds and shines on one certain spot and that spot is illuminated. I think of that "spot" being the "glory." I imagine that is God's special spot for me. Sometimes it seems that the storms of life are raging all around me, sometimes even inside me, but when I choose to stay in that sliver of light, there can be peace.

The reason I say there "can be peace" is because I believe that we have to choose to live in the glory, to live in the peace, to live in the light. But we can also choose to wallow in self pity, depression and fear, allowing the storms to rage and never find true peace.

Life is stressful at times, but if we choose to live in the glory, then we'll have peace. Living in the glory isn't easy at times, because we see the circumstances all around us; we see the rain, we see the black clouds, we see it all, but it's just around us, not in us. The problems are still there, they still need to be solved, but when we allow ourselves to sink into His light, His glory, then we can see things His way. We can see the way HE wants to solve the problems. We can see Him work on our behalf, instead of us trying in our own strength to solve our problems, and wrestling with something that is way bigger than ourselves. The devil wants to see us defeated, but when we are living in the glory, there is no way he can touch us. We are covered by the Lord's blanket of light and we become impossibly hard for the devil to reach.

Keep living in the Glory! Choose, every day to live in the Glory!!! When you find yourself sinking back into the clouds of life, then remember the words, "live in the glory."

Blessings~