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DUST
14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Hebrews 9:14 KJV
Ever wonder why there is so much in life that clouds the beauty of our day? Sometimes, the sameness of menial tasks gets us down. It might be time to look at it from a different perspective.
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From across the room,
I see that there is a fine covering of dust on the dresser again.
I briefly ponder how much dust I have moved about in my lifetime.
Such a mindless thing,
this act of dusting.
It seems not of much importance,
in the scheme of things.
It doesn’t take a degree,
much instruction,
or require much thought,
to dust.
I ponder why God gives us dust at all.
So thinking, I whisk away at that dresser
and notice the removal
brings the wood’s brightness
back in view.
Sad, I think,
in a day or so,
it will need dusting all over again.
Then it occurs, that we accumulate a lot
of life’s petty crumbs of annoyance,
and microscopic bits of life’s sorrows,
that cloud our perspective,
and daily dull our joy.
I, too, must go to God,
the Source of forgiveness
and joy,
daily,
for those dulling bits to be washed away
with His Love.
The brightness that lies beneath
shines again
from His fellowship.
In my time with Him
over the years,
how much dust has God uncomplainingly brushed
from my soul
with His cleansing touch?
Maybe,
He gave us dressers to dust,
to daily remind us
of that very thing….