Quotes about Dust

Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.

They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”

If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”

‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’

So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,

We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn't stop us from wiping it away with a wet sponge. The Divine doesn't disappear; it's transformed into the clean surface.

Know thy birth! For dost thou art, and shalt to dust return.

In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for thou out of the ground wast taken; know thy birth, for dust thou art, and shalt to dust return.

My first inclination is to gush about the book hoard. The library is an amalgamation of the generations of residents in this house. The dust of their reading lives has been left behind like sedimentary layers of sandstone, year upon year, decade upon decade. New books and old ones that probably haven't been touched in a century.