On Friday, I was part of a gang who  moved furniture out of an attic and a basement and anywhere else we could find it, in Julie’s grandparent’s house.  I came across something I’m not sure I have ever seen before  -  antique dust.   The furniture had not had a close encounter with a dust rag in fifteen plus years, and thus I concluded the dust was so old it was  worth as much as the furniture.   Thus, I am going to be sure I dust myself off every once in awhile as I don’t want to be like that antique dust.   I will gladly be “older than dirt” or in this case “older than dust”, I’m just refuse to be dirt/dust.    I received a photo of a friend’s aunt who at eighty-five has a half acre garden, feeds the neighborhood with the produce she grows in it and thrives in seeing the neighbors take the produce and  watching some as they weed and hoe while they are gathering food.  She may be older than dirt, but she hasn’t chosen to be dirt.  Why should I get older before I need to – there is plenty of time to be dirt.   I think I’ll take this as a motto: “Say NO to dirt and YES to being older than dirt”.  Think about it, God has refused to become dirt – but gladly remains older than dirt.  

Till next week…H

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