Rebekah Staggs

The phrase “The glory of” has caught my attention lately and got me to thinking.

1. In the end all things pass through man to bring glory to God.
2. We don’t have a lot of control over growing our own glory.

Proverbs 17:6 Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Children are born into the glory of their father’s reputation. Granted this isn’t that big of a deal these days with unwed/single mothers and all, but this used to mean something. That is why so many surnames mean “Son of” some progenitor’s name or what he did.

Proverbs 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

This one is interesting because you can do a lot to build your strength, but there are things that can steal that strength away from you. In the end that strength fades as we age.

Psalms 19:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

There are a lot of verses talking about the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man

 Man is just one of them and woman is the glory of man. What awesome responsibilities this image represents.

1 Corinthians 11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
Our glory is our long hair.

And our glory is in our long hair…