2011 Airshow

Dirt

Verse of the Day:   Isaiah 51:1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

Dirt.

We came from it.

We will one day return to it.

No wonder it holds such a fascination for me. I think about it as I work in my large garden.

 So many terms for it: dirt, dust, earth, soil, all meaning about the same thing. It makes a mess of floors and clothing. Mixed with water it turns to mud, perhaps the most irritating substance known to man. 

But it brings us life.

 Without it there would be no gardens, no fields, no trees, no water cycle. As long as we live on earth we must toil in the dirt for our living. I enjoy it.

 The earth yields fruit in a process of mystery that man will never fully comprehend. 

It reminds me what I really am -- and what I used to be. My once-filthy clothes are now washed in the blood of the Lamb. And I look forward to the day when the dusty road ends and I move to a place where the pavement is gold. There will still be a tree, with fruit on it. But I have a feeling we will say goodbye... to dirt.

The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one.

Of Wildflowers and Worry-hours

Verse of the Day:  Psalms 103:15


As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

It's good to let the Bible and nature teach about ourselves...

Matthew 6:30

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Every delicate and intricate detail...

...reminds us how much God cares about us and our lives...

...gently upbraiding our lack of faith in day-to-day matters.

Our lives will soon fade away like the grass of the field. Why spend our time worrying about yesterday, today, or tomorrow? Go outside and pick a few wildflowers...

...take a lesson from them,  and go on and praise God for His provision, and serve Him with your whole heart.