Focus on the eternal – v4

We must ever look upward,
to the promise of heaven,
we must not be mired in clay,
on the worries of this earth…
 
All of this is dust, a breath,
an illusion, a delusion,
an artifice, a contrivance,
a fantasy, a myth, lies,
we tell, of our own making…
 
We must focus on the eternal,
to our rewards in heaven,
we must strive to live our lives,
in a way pleasing to God…
 
Nothing of the flesh,
of what we buy and pay for,
of the earth, of this life,
yes, all of this is dust,
to dust we shall return…
 
We must set down your idols,
our rewards in this life,
they are but of dust,
and to dust they will return…
 
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Edited June 6, 2024
Focus on the eternal – v4

Edited June 3, 2024
All of this is dust – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/all-of-this-is-dust-v2.html
Based on 1 John 2:17
and Genesis 3:19
 
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