in one of my classes last quarter, we were talking about how there seem to be two authors of Genesis, in the Bible. 
they give different accounts of the creation story.
the first one uses the hebrew word “Elohim” for God. 
the second uses “Adonai Elohim” for Lord God.
the first account presents God as powerful.
the second focuses on Him as being personal.
in the first, God creates man & then creates woman from his rib.
in the second, though, God creates humanity from the dust.
and there’s something i love about that.
and i was just listening to “beautiful things” by gungor.
and i love that God makes beautiful things out of dust.
because that’s really all that i am.
i am dust.
i am nothing, essentially.
i am nothing apart from God’s relationship with me.
i am nothing apart from His glory, His beauty, being worked out in me.
it’s humbling and lovely and painful sometimes.
but i’m so grateful for it.
i’m grateful that my meaning is found in something so much larger than my small life, my small mind, my broken heart.
i love that God is faithful.
i love that God is.