“Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.” – God to Adam, Genesis 3.19

Nothing like reading Job when Ash Wednesday comes around…

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope. Oh, remember that my life is a breath! (Job 7.6, 7, NKJV)

“My life is a breath.” We just saw that last week…

Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. (Psalm 39.5, NKJV)

For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. (James 4.14, NKJV)