The soil, the good soil of our lives
the seeds, our faith,
growing within us
embraced by the saints
those who have turned to dust
part of the good soil
the nourishing earth
the clay from which we are formed
part of us, within our physical selves
embraced by the saints
all of our days
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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