From The Dust Of The Ground

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Genesis 2:1-7

Between one and three billion tons of dust fly up into the sky, on earth, annually. One billion tons would fill 14 million box cars in a train, which would wrap six times around the Earth’s equator.

As we remove dust, in our homes or offices, we can see ourselves reflected in the surface.

God took something worthless, dust, and made it into something priceless – a human. The fact that God used dust to create us, should make us think twice about labeling someone or something worthless.

Perhaps the very thing we want to get rid of – a person who annoys us – is the artistic medium God has given to display His glory.

Being fashioned from dust should allow us to be merciful as well as just.

Our Daily Bread – April 22, 2013