Don’t Waste Your Breath

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. —Psalm 150:6

Genesis 2:1-7 (New International Version)

Genesis 2

1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested [a] from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

Adam and Eve

4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created.
When the LORD God made the earth and the heavens- 5 and no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth [b] and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth [c] and there was no man to work the ground, 6 but streams [d] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground- the LORD God formed the man The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah) it is also the name Adam (see Gen. 2:20). from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Footnotes:
Genesis 2:2 Or ceased ; also in verse
Genesis 2:5 Or land ; also in verse
Genesis 2:5 Or land ; also in verse
Genesis 2:6 Or mist

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If I were to scoop up a handful of dirt and blow into it, all I would get is a dirty face. When God did it, He got a living, breathing human being capable of thinking, feeling, dreaming, loving, reproducing, and living forever.

As one of these human beings, I speak of “catching” my breath, “holding” my breath, or “saving” my breath, but these are idioms of language. I cannot save my breath for use at a later time. If I don’t use the one I have now, I’ll lose it, and I may even lose consciousness.

When God breathed into Adam, He gave more than life; He gave a reason to live: Worship! As the psalmist said, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord” (Ps. 150:6).

This means that we waste our breath when we use it for something that doesn’t honor the One in whom “we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28).

Although we cannot blow life into a handful of dirt, we can use our breath to speak words of comfort, to sing songs of praise, and to run to help the sick and oppressed. When we use our breath to honor our Creator with our unique combination of talents, abilities, and opportunities, we will never be wasting it. — Julie Ackerman Link

Breathe on me, Breath of God,

Fill me with life anew,

That I may love what Thou dost love,

And do what Thou wouldst do. —Hatch

All that I am and have I owe to Jesus.

Source:http://www.rbc.org/odb/odb.shtml

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Hmm.....

God is really so awesome. He could turn nothing into something. He created human beings and all that is in the world. He created the mountains and the valleys, the sky and all that's in it, the ocean and all it's creature the sun. moon, stars and so much more. Isn't that awesome?

But, God choose to create human beings from dust. (Dust is a general name for minute solid particles with diameters less than 500 micrometers.) It only just occurred to me the thought of why God created us from dust. I don't know whether this was God's reason but here is what I think. Dust is something so small, something that looks so harmless and weak. The dust just flies in the air according to the direction of the wind.

Atmospheric dust

Airborne dust is considered an aerosol and can have a strong local radiative forcing on the atmosphere and significant effects on climate. In addition, if enough of the minute particles are dispersed within the air in a given area (such as flour or coal dust), under certain circumstances this can be an explosion hazard.
Coal dust is responsible for the lung disease known as Pneumoconiosis, including black lung disease, which occurs among coal miners. This danger has resulted in a number of laws (only some being passed) regulating environmental standards for working conditions.

Road dust

Dust kicked up by vehicles travelling on roads [7] may make up 33% of air pollution[8]. Road dust consists of deposition of vehicle exhausts and industrial exhausts, tire and brake wears, dust from paved roads or potholes, and dust from construction sites.[9] Road dust represents a significant source contributing to the generation and release of particulate matter into the atmosphere [10].

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust

But, it can cause so much harm. It's same like us, human being, we are really very weak if we choose to walk alone. However, when we choose to walk alone without following God's will and commandments, that is when destruction comes into the picture. Without having the fear of the Lord, human being choose to go their own selfish ways. We will be like the dust in the air, going along with the ways of the world, moving on in life aimlessly.

Beside that, another thought just came into my mind, God choose to create man from dust because He wants us to realise how awesome and powerful He is. Dust are solid particles with diameters less than 500 micrometers. From something so small, he could create something so complex, He created a human being.

That's is why I think God created man from dust. He wanted to remind us that we are really helpless without Him. We will be going through life aimlessly and without Him as our guide, we will be bringing on to ourselves harm and destruction. However, He has given is a way to return to Him. He has given us a free choice to choose. Therefore, I think that it is really important that if we made up our mind to follow Him, we are to live lives that bring glory unto Him, and lives that make a difference in this world.