Another look at this stuff called dust...

Joni Mitchell sang, "We Are Stardust" and begins with the lyrics, I came upon a child of God....

Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and the man became a living being. Genesis 2:7

Dust and God's breath; what a combination! 

Dust is made up of a combination of dead skin cells, pollen, hair, textile fibers, paper fibers, soil minerals, and cosmic dust particles....

Cosmic means relating to the universe--especially as distinct from the earth....

Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these stars.... He calls them all by name.... Not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:26 ....Almost 99% of our bodies are made up of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus. Stars are made of 73% hydrogen, 25% helium....

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Ecclesiastes 3:20

From dust to dust,...

Well, dear child of God, it seems that astrophysics and human biology are connected, and Joni Mitchell was on to something.

Before the mountains were born,

 before you gave birth to the earth and the world, 

from beginning to end,

you are God.

 Psalm 90....

Silence is Golden?

You may be familiar with the song, Silence is Golden, recorded by the Four Seasons, 1964. Although a song about failed love, the phrase has versions dating back to ancient Egypt. It is part of the proverb, speech is silver, but silence is golden.

Keeping silent in many instances is more difficult that expressing love, anger, happiness, or betrayal. On the other hand, there usually is one, sometimes, keeping silent is easier. No matter how one looks at it, remaining silent has its own energy source: it gets people thinking, releases tensions--or provokes them.

... Life isn't that simple. For example: *Silence is awkward. *Silence is isolating. *Silence expresses disbelief. *Silence shows ignorance.*Silence is nonproductive.

Nonverbal communication is perhaps the most powerful form of communication because it is the type we use the most. Okay, we're talking everything from sweet smiles to eye rolls, from caressing someone's hand to arched eyebrows.

Perhaps we can shed better light on all this if we look at the entire proverbial saying. Speech is silver, but silence is golden may mean that discretion can be more valuable than the most eloquent words.

God wants us to connect.
He wants us to be relational.
He wants us to communicate with Him and others for we are each a part of the Body of Christ.

Being still and knowing, realizing that God is near even when we don't feel it or believe it, asking that the words of our mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable to our Creator God, viewing life as sacred-- helps us to know when to speak, what words to say, and when to say nothing at all.

You might find it interesting that God even hears our sighs.... Romans 8:26-27