Dust

Psalm 103:13-16
“As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
For He knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.
“As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
And its place remembers it no more”.

Dust. We see it everyday. We walk by it. We walk on it. Yet, we don’t think about ourselves as such. A natural inclination to do so may accuse us of suffering from low self-esteem. Yet, according to the bible, dust is what we are. In Genesis 2:7 we are reminded that God formed man from the dust of the ground. One should not just view themselves as dust. However, one should be mindful of the humble beginnings by which we originate. Surely God made us to be more than just dust. Yet, when our life is over on this planet, our physical bodies return to the dust of the ground. In Psalm 103, the bible says that man’s days are like grass or the flower of the field. When the wind passes over it and it is gone, the very place where the grass or flower grew no longer remembers it. For all the accomplishments, goals, purpose driven pursuits, we must realize that our contribution is important but not without pity from God, at least for those that fear Him. Rappers and celebrities talk about what they have and what they want and yet for all of things they gather to themselves, it will belong to someone else after they die according to Solomon in Ecclesiates. No man (gender notwithstanding) should think more of himself or herself than what is proper. We all must be sober minded when it comes to our lives. We should look upon people with deeper appreciation and understanding; knowing we are all frail beings.