think of that line in Paul’s letter to the church in Thessalonica: “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders.”15 So when we live well — when we work and rest — in a way that is quiet and hardworking and productive, and we don’t grumble or mouth off or screw around or look at social media on work time — we “win the respect of outsiders.” Put another way, people see God’s presence and beauty in how we live. Put still another way, we glorify God.
