Just Dirt

Dirt. Not quite beautiful, unless you think that all of us will one day be back to being .... dirt.
Logan asked me in the car the other day ...

"Mom, are we dirt?"

"Yes, honey"

"Will worms eat me?"

"One day, yes. When you put dead bodies in the ground, eventually, they do become dirt and I suppose then that, yes, worms will eat them."

"Will they make clothe out of me?"

*Surprised Mom* "Perhaps!" 

I thought about whether or not I had "ruined' my child by answering with the harsh realities of life. Then, though, I reminded myself that he needs to know that he is dirt. I am dirt. I came from dirt. Breathed from God and one day, I will return, as even my precious little one will.

All the more, Lord, teach us to number our days.

Psalm 90

BOOK FOUR

From Everlasting to Everlasting

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.

 ¹Lord, you have been our dwelling place^[a]
   in all generations.
² Before the mountains were brought forth,
   or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
    from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
 ³You return man to dust
   and say, "Return, O children of man!"^[b]
4For a thousand years in your sight
   are but as yesterday when it is past,
   or as a watch in the night.
 ⁵You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream,
   like grass that is renewed in the morning:
⁶in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
   in the evening it fades and withers.
 ⁷For we are brought to an end by your anger;
   by your wrath we are dismayed.
⁸You have set our iniquities before you,
   our secret sins in the light of your presence.
 ⁹For all our days pass away under your wrath;
   we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
¹⁰The years of our life are seventy,
   or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span^[c] is but toil and trouble;
   they are soon gone, and we fly away.
¹¹Who considers the power of your anger,
   and your wrath according to the fear of you?
 ¹² So teach us to number our days
   that we may get a heart of wisdom.¹³ Return, O LORD! How long?
   Have pity on your servants!
¹⁴Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
   that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
¹⁵Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
   and for as many years as we have seen evil.
¹⁶Let your work be shown to your servants,
   and your glorious power to their children.
¹⁷Let the favor^[d] of the Lord our God be upon us,
   and establish the work of our hands upon us;
   yes, establish the work of our hands!