Dust bunnies. I know them well. They are totally useless and mostly
embarrassing. I have considered them of
no worth, until recently. In fact, I
have come to recognize a certain kinship with dust bunnies. Actually, I AM a dust bunny…of sorts…and so
are you!
Genesis 2:7 says, “And
the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” It is staggering to think that we,
super-intelligent human beings J,
are by nature…dirt. Not to take a
pot-shot at anyone’s self-esteem, it is –what it is. No matter how we try to frame it, hide it,
deny it- or whatever-else “it”—Scripture is clear.
We were NOT amoebas…WE
WERE—and ARE—walking, talking, breathing, thinking, etc. --Dust Bunnies!! Pretty amazing, huh? How incredibly ironic that God chose to fashion
His highest creation-man, out of the lowest of materials! Everything else, He fashioned ex-nihilo or ‘out of nothing” but, His most
prized creation He formed from matter-- man from dust and woman from man from
dust.
Wait a minute! Why not gold? Or platinum? Or diamonds? After all, we are His Beloved! I believe He chose to create us from dust,
because, in so doing, we can only find our value in Him. He gives us our worth. How much greater the Creator that
accomplishes His purposes through the lowliest of stock! Have you ever attempted to get a dust bunny to do anything, especially get in a dustpan? How awesome to consider, even further, that we,
lowliest of stock, would illicit such love and compassion from the Creator
Himself, God Almighty. So much so that
He willingly gave His Only Son as our ransom.
He gave His Son for…dust bunnies.
Praise God, that when He looks at me, He sees past the filth, and
instead, sees the cleansing blood of the Lamb!
Yes, I know dust
bunnies very well. Swiffer duster in
hand, and I can’t help but grin at the thought that maybe dust isn’t so bad
after all…
