Glory

 What if suffering for the sake of others, for love of others, is your glory?  Glory as looking and feeling badly, rather than as front cover "People" magazine look.  Or movie star, sports icon, business success or career success look?  The culture wants to look "glorious."  "I feel glorious," one might say.  This is at best, a momentary look.  It passes.  It does not go deep into some permanent glory.  Suffering can be glorious as giving birth, dying on a cross, finishing a demanding and exhausting project for the sake of others even if they don't seem to notice.  This is the glory that goes deep into you. Jesus spoke of being glorified the night before he was to be whipped, spat upon, vilified and crucified.  My life may be unglamorous, but it can still be full of glory.