Eghersis
is a transliteration of the Greek word, εγερσις, which has the meaning of being roused to life. Thus, it is my hope that what you find on this blog will empower, arouse, stimulate, excite, and animate your life--your soul, your spirit--the wholeness of who you are.


Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Forty Words for Forty Days: Day 1-Dust


Dust is one of those dead words. It’s a dried up word that begs for water. Dust makes me think of inhaled talcum powder, of finely crushed saltines in the mouth, of following behind another vehicle on a dirt road, of the Dust Bowl, the desert, a dry, dead, barren, easily-blown-away place.

To know that I am a fashioned-dust being is somewhat unsettling. It reminds me that in the end, I am dead. I am a bit of powdered talcum. Short-lived in the scheme of things. I, along with the rest of humanity, am of one formation—dust.

I can dress my dust-doomed body in stylish clothes, groom my dust-doomed hair into an attractive style, and color my dust-doomed face with a flattering palette; but ultimately, my final dressed and groomed color will be ashen.

So my reflective question for the day is “What are the matters of concern for a person created of dust?”


Photo: http://www.weru.ksu.edu/new_weru/multimedia/dustbowl/dustbowlpics.html


2 comments:

Dianna Woolley said...

From this dust ball, that's quite a question!

I suppose my dust (I have a vision of Charles Schultz' pigpen character)should or will plan to be in the present moment as much as possible since that's all I have. Conform to what I "think" the Creator's plan may be for me to live in love and relationship.....

That's about the best I can do on this subject this a.m.:)

Lisa Gonzales-Barnes said...

Being present with the Creator and others and self is a meaningful place for a person of dust.

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