April 6, 2017

Greetings My Friend, Part of the "ACTSS" prayer format I learned is the A-accolades, to give God the glory. As I do I found myself mulling over the word glory and what it means in the Bible. I was reading in 1 Corinthians about the word glory in regards to men and women "For a man ought not cover his head since he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of man." My mind questioned the word glory. I have learned to do a Google search on the word I am thinking about so I looked up the word glory online. "Glory-The Hebrew word kabod (K-B-D) originally means "weight or "heaviness". The same word is then used to express importance, honor and majesty." This explanation helped me understand some of what glory was about in regards to God's glory. If I am comprehending this right it means that because God created we need to acknowledge what He did and be in awe of who and what he is and can do. Frankly that for me is rather easy to do. God spoke and all things came into being out of nothing. That is amazing to me. When I think of all the details that make our universe operate I am beyond amazed. All the planets are held in place, the sun and moon rotate so that each day we have have a sunrise and daylight and each night we have moonlight and darkness. I think of all the animals the various sizes and breeds I am amazed and then each animal and man's individual body is made to run smoothly and perfectly. How in the world do all of our intestines fit into our bodies? We have fingernails and toenails and even the inner workings of the eyes and ears amaze me. Add to this God created these workings to each size so think about the workings inside of an ant and the workings inside of an elephant. All this thinking leaves me dizzy with awe and wonder and this is one way I am able to give God the glory. It is heavy and weighty and words can't begin to describe it all. As I ponder this I take my thoughts back to the passage I was reading and I try to wrap my thoughts around what God is teaching me. First I know from Genesis that God created man first, He created man differently than He did all the rest of creation. God spoke and it was created but with man God created him out of the dust of the earth. God took special care with man. Next God created woman. He told Adam that it was not good for him to be alone and after passing all the animals in front of Adam it was decided that Adam needed something special so God put Adam asleep and created woman from his rib. I am not sure but my thought at this point is man was created first and God was very happy with his creation of man. He created man to care for the garden and I gather to be in a relationship with. Man seemed to be lonely so God created woman to be a companion to man, to be his helpmate. For me I like the role of being a helpmate to my husband Junior. I like when he sets the tone of our life and I admire his dedication to God. I trust him to lead me and guide me and my goal is to make him comfortable and to help him do the things we need to do to run our lives smoothly. I am an organizer so I keep track of appointments, make sure we eat well and I find great joy in having the house in order so when he comes in at the end of the day his favorite recliner is cleared of stuff allowing him to put up his feet. Junior also lets me help plan with him the way our house will work best for us as he renovates it. He brought me to look at the windows we had installed in the area where our TV room will be expanded to. We talked about how to set the area up and what will work best for the area. I am Junior's helpmate and Junior relies on me to give my input on what I need to keep our home in good order. So God made man in His image and glory. I have learned that the image mostly is His spirit since God is spirit. The woman's role is important too but she was made to be with man. God loves me as a woman, has important work for me to do as well but I was made to help my husband not to lead him. The older I get the more I like being a helpmate and not be over men. I also have learned that I am not a piece of property and to be treated poorly either. Life has taught me this hard lesson. Once I asked God to teach me His ways, I started to learn that God has always wanted my best and my best is to align with the way He created us. When I do this I bring God glory. I like this way of living a whole lot. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet