embedded in the dust
the lives of the saints before us
part of our forefathers, mothers
in the soil from which we rise
our seeds growing,
our faith abiding
moving in the clay,
our lives shaped and molded
the saints within us
given life by God
November 24, 2009
The Shack, by William P. Young
(see page 178)
&
Ecclesiastes 12:7b
and Ecclesiastes 12:1-7
Genesis
and Day 98, “From Dust to Destiny”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read November 21, 2009
&
Ecclesiastes 3:11
and Day 97, “Eternity in Our Hearts”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read 11/20/09
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