Well...Glory Be!

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31, NLT)

If you grew up hearing the phrase, 

“Well glory be!” 

(sounds like, Well...glawwwwwwy be!")

... you may be from Oklahoma.

In our homeschool, we are working on glorifying God in every thought, act, and deed. 

(1 Corinthians 10:31)

Today, I created a “Glory Tabs” reward system as a quick and easy reminder to maintain our focus on always glorifying God.

Be like Bo, it's cool to glorify God!

Lord God, I pray for every reader today. In the name of Jesus, please prompt us by your Holy Spirit to maintain a thought life that always glorifies you. Please bring a clearer understanding to each of us how critical our thought life is and for us to take every thought captive and insure the meditations of our hearts and the words of our mouth, always bring you glory!

2 Corinthians 10:5

Psalm 19:14

It's a Dud...

I am the vine, you are the branches: He that stays in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing. (John 15:5, NLT)

Today is the 4th of July, a celebration of freedom! Picnics with family and friends, BBQ, and fireworks!

I like fireworks, I like fireworks a lot. Every Friday, a resort near our apartment in Honolulu shoots off fireworks and we can hear the crashing boom and see the sky light up. It is a wonderful display of lights and flashes of color!

During their display, there is rarely ever a dud. You know what a dud is right? It's when the firework is launched, a flash can be seen flying higher, higher, higher…waiting, waiting, waiting...but no explosion of color.  No huge colorful lights in the sky.

That made me think, as we let our lights so shine before others bringing glory to our Father, we will never be a dud as we seek Him first and we stay in our Vine. (Matthew 5:16, Matthew 6:33, John 15:5)

Father, thank You for being our ultimate Vine! Continue to lead us and guide us, show us ways to let our lights shine before others and in doing so they will glorify and praise You! Thank You for teaching us to seek You first! Our heart's desire is to stay in You! We stand in awe of You and Your Word! In the name of Jesus, please prompt us to stay in You as we acknowledge You in all our ways! Please continue to make our path straight, saying and doing only what we hear our Father say, drawing others to You through Your unfailing love!

Stay: Remain in the same place; secure or steady, a period of staying somewhere. 

Mucho mahalos for the photo provided by Photog Genius, David Johnson.  http://www.dejphotos.com