Glory

In Chris' sermon on the end of Romans at InCite a couple of weeks ago he brought up God's glory. One of the discussion questions asked how glory is defined.
In our group we found it easy enough to think of examples of God's glory and what God's glory is greater or more 'glorious' than. But as far as actually defining it.... tricky.

We were text talking about it last night and both resorted to a dictionary...

Glory - Something that brings honour or praise. To be exalted. Splendor. Radiant beauty.

'Radiant beauty', I like that. When I thought about it, I described glory as a presence. Which sounds cheesy, but kinda works.

God's Glory is a demonstration of who He is - by His might, wisdom, holiness, creation, mercy and His grace.

When you put God into the equation the word Glory has quite a strong meaning. When you see it in that context, it is hard to justify using the word glory to describe anything less.

Like Chris said to me when you contrast God's glory with ours ... it certainly puts things into perspective doens't it.