Monologue: A talk or
discourse by a single speaker. Any composition, as a poem, in which
one person speaks alone. A dramatic soliloquy.
I am only fine-grained
dust
feldspar mineral clay
found on the Planet's
crust,
earthy material formed
from the erosion of rocks
over vast eons of earth
time.
My flesh of sinews and
bones
is made of earth's
topsoil.
Dust I am and to dust I
return.
Lord, You are The Other,
The Self Existent One,
Almighty, Immortal One,
Exalted Non-Substance,
not made, yet all and in
all,
Creator, Father,
Incomparable,
my Maker and my God!
Your hand molded my clay
in some inexplicable way
unknown and unrecorded
for future posterity.
In Your image You
fashioned me
and apart from Your Word
nothing came to be.
Then You breathed on my
clay
to give Life to me. And
I became
animated dust!
Unfathomable mystery!
You are my Potter.
I dare not question
what You are making of me
or fret at the pressure.
At times resisting You
I haven't been malleable.
Oft marred in Your loving
hands,
You've shaped me anew.
So be
it done unto me
according
to Your word!
You have made of me
a temple of the Holy
Spirit
to carry a precious
Treasure
in my earthly vessel of
clay.
You bought me with the
price
of Your only Son's
sacrifice,
and destined me to be
holy.
As an earthly tent is torn
down,
and my dust returns to
dust,
You've prepared a house
for me
not made with hands
to dwell in the heavens
eternally.
You've given my dust a
destiny!
From THE RESOURCE BOOK
Some Bible versions
translate “dust” as “dirt from the ground,” moulde of the
earth,” “slime of the earth,” “small dust such as is on the
surface of the earth,” and “topsoil of the fertile land.”
Science informs us that the substance of human flesh, sinews, and
bones consists of the very same relatively common elements as the
soil which forms the crust of the earth.
“Then the Lord God formed man from
the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life; and man became a living being [soul]” Genesis 2:7. “...From
it [the ground] you were taken; for you are dust...” Genesis 3:19.
“The first man is from the earth, earthy....” 1 Corinthians
15:47. “...he who is of the earth is from the earth...” John
3:31. “...thou hast made me of clay...” Job 10:9. “...I too
was formed from a piece of clay” Job 33:6. “...those who dwell in
houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust...” Job 4:19.
“Shall the potter be regarded as
the clay; that the thing made should say of its maker, 'He did not
make me'; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, 'He has no
understanding'"? Isaiah 29:16. “Woe to him who strives with
his Maker, an earthen vessel with the potter! Does the clay say to
him who fashions it, 'What are you making'? or 'Your work has no
handles'? Isaiah 45:9. “Yet, O LORD, thou art our Father; we are
the clay, and thou art our potter; we are all the work of thy hand”
Isaiah 64:8. “And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in
the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it
seemed good to the potter to do” Jeremiah 18:4.
“...he [Jesus] spat on the ground
and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man's eyes with the
clay” John 9:6; John 1:3.
“Has the potter no right over the
clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for beauty and another
for menial use?” Romans 9:21. “...also vessels of earthenware...”
2 Tim. 2:20. “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show
that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us” 2 Cor.
4:7. “...earthly tent which is our house....” 2 Cor. 5:1-5; 1
Cor. 3:16; 6:19, 20.
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