Glory to God!

So here's today's challenge.

When I was in school way back when, my teachers said that when someone paid you a compliment, the proper response in accordance to the social etiquette of the time would be, to thank them. Polite people did that, all the time. I noticed, and I complied with that rule.

Now in fellowship with church Christians, this rule was superseded by a spontaneous utterance of "Glory to God".

As I complied with this new attitude, I learned that King Nebuchadnezzar and Samson got into trouble for not giving glory to God. And that was why we must never claim credit for a gift bestowed upon us by Providence. Understanding the rationale behind this attitude, I began spontaneously uttering "Glory to God"  like my salvation depended upon it.

This morning, my Sifu told me that my new hairstyle looked nice. This compliment started another round of mulling. What should a proper response be? It was awkward to utter "Glory to God" in the context of this occasion and a simple "Thank You" might have sufficed. But o-de-de-dear-dear... In the name of propriety, which would a better response be?

In the end, I circumvented the whole mishmash with a simple thumbs-up gesture. Thank God for thumbs. When words fail, thumbs speak.