
• Notice the everyday fine things of life all around us
• Our surroundings affect us in many ways
• Small experiences can add up to big challenges
• Life’s happenings carry our thoughts and feelings
• Be in prayer when encountering caustic influences
• Negative self-focused inactivity can breed discontent
• Regular cleaning of harmful particles is helpful
• As wind blows, intention moves us forward to clear the air
• Disuse and disinterest may result in loss of skills and potential
• Be aware of how accumulated hurts and trauma affect relationships
• Positive pauses and stillness can bring relief and rest
• Wisdom grows from built up experience
• Allow wisdom to lift, heal, and encourage others
• God cleans the accumulated “dust” from our souls
From “Reflections from the Everyday”
Charlotte-Anne Allen
Interesting lesson on dust. Thanks. And I read about dust in Ecclesiastes today: “All came from the dust and all return to the dust” (3:20). and “The dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it” (12:7).
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Yes! That is what helped inspire this theme… With the season of Lent and Ash Wednesday coming up too. 🙂
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Very good thoughts!
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It made me think too.
… Dust to dust. Thoughtful for Lent and changing seasons of life.
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