Out of the Dust

Tonight my daily devotional was talking about Psalm 103. As i read through it verse 14 tugged at my heart strings. "for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust".  It made me think about one of my favorite worship songs, which says--"You make beautiful things out of dust". Think about that. we are like dust but yet God formed something beautiful out of us and called us his own. We are his beloved. In Genesis it says that God formed man from the dust of the earth and breathed life into him. Think about that for a minute. we were like dust and then God breathed life into us. Later in the bible God says that when we die we will return to that dust that we were when he first made us. Just think God made you and me out of dust. "All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return"-Ecclesiastes 3:20
 Psalm 103 also talks about how he loves us so much, but sometimes we fail to see that and we get caught up in the message that the world is sending us. We fail to remember that NOTHING can separate us from the Love of God. not even our own broken selves. God really does make beautiful things out of dust, just as the song says..

Check this song out- Beautiful things, Gungor

"Praise the LORD, my soul;
   all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the LORD, my soul,
   and forget not all his benefits—  who forgives all your sins
   and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit
   and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things
   so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
 The LORD works righteousness
   and justice for all the oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses,
   his deeds to the people of Israel:
The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
   slow to anger, abounding in love.  He will not always accuse,
   nor will he harbor his anger forever;
he does not treat us as our sins deserve
   or repay us according to our iniquities.
 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
   so great is his love for those who fear him;
 as far as the east is from the west,
   so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children,
   so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;  for he knows how we are formed,  he remembers that we are dust. The life of mortals is like grass,  they flourish like a flower of the field;  the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him,  and his righteousness with their children’s children— with those who keep his covenant  and remember to obey his precepts. The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. Praise the LORD, you his angels,  you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.  Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts,  you his servants who do his will. Praise the LORD, all his works  everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, my soul.--Psalm 103