Saturday, June 28, 2014

Butt dust

The "Skit Guys" have a cute skit based on a portion of Psalm 103.  It's a funny play on words, but the passage it's part of is what I want to mention this morning.

Ps. 103:14-17

For He himslef knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust.  As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he fourishes. When the wind has passed over it, it is  no more, and its place acknowledges it no longer. But the lovingkindnss of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him.

The words of this passage are very humbling.  God describes us as grass and as a flower that only lives for a little while and then is gone.  We are temporary.  We will only live for a few years and then "our place will acknowledge us no longer".  For the most part, other than family and close friends, we will be forgotten by the world.  Is that humbling enough for you?

We all want to live a life of signifigance, a life that makes a difference, but soon it will be over and we will be forgotten.  WOW!  That is humbling.  It should make us rethink everything, but instead most will push ahead to "leave their mark on the world" and will discover too late that it's all a cruel joke.

The longer I live the more I realize that a relationship with God is the most important thing any man or woman will have.  It is the only thing that will last.  He is the only one who will not forget us.  When we feel like "butt dust" it's important to remember there is an eternal God who loves us, cares about us, thinks about us every moment and has given his very best to have a relationship with us.  Now that is something to celebrate in this life that will so quickly pass.

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