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You made us a little lower than you yourself, and you have crowned us with glory and honor (Psalm 8:5, CEV).
The Face of God’s Glory – photo courtesy of David Kitz
Reflection
This week’s I Love the Psalms theme is glory.
When we think of glory, especially in biblical terms, we immediately think of God’s glory. But today’s verse from the Psalms reminds us that we humans have glory too. You made us a little lower than you yourself, and you have crowned us with glory and honor (Psalm 8:5, CEV). Other translations read a little lower than the angels.
Glory, honor and dignity are gifts from God. They are His gift to humanity. When we humiliate or dishonor someone, we are sullying God’s glory. We need to see God’s glory in the faces of those around us.
No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is truly in our hearts (1 John 4:12).
Do you see God’s glory in your children, your neighbor or colleague?
Response: LORD God, open my eyes to your glory in those around me. Help me to treat my neighbors with love and respect because they bear your image. Amen.
Your Turn: Do you have trouble seeing God in others?
I love the Psalms 
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Yes I do! Thank you for this post, I never thought to look for God’s glory in people before.
I’m pleased to know God’s word is changing your perspective, Molly. It changes mine.
I love that you posed this question! I have found that seeing glory in really holy, Christian people is fairly easy but to see it in people that are not that way is tricky. I had been talking with my Spiritual director this week about my interest in going beyond my comfort zone and being Christlike in that sort of environment. (I posted about this today.) I had said that the thought of ministering to the incarcerated really scared me. I thought of what these people had done, of their loud, brash words; of them making me feel uncomfortable. Mark had me think about how Jesus would see these people. Would He flinch, would He feel distressed at their behavior. And I thought, “No”. He would just love them. And this totally changed how I am approaching the idea of ministering in a prison. Anger and abuse is actually fear. It is not anger at or fear of me. It is not personal. Love is the antidote. The only antidote. They too are loved by God and are is image bearers. Just very, very tarnished.
So true. The glory is there, but damaged by sin. I pray you will be effective through the love of God.