A Prayer about Being Dusty

Eternal Lord,

We don’t like to admit it, but we’re a little dusty. 

Thankfully, though, you are transforming our dusty bodies 

into new beings. 

As the apostle Paul explains, 

we were born of the first Adam, 

a living being who was condemned by his sin to death, 

but we are reborn by the second Adam, Jesus Christ, “a life-giving spirit” (1 Corinthians 15:45). 

We were born of the first Adam, 

who was “from the earth,” 

but we are reborn of the second Adam, 

who is “the man of heaven” (1 Corinthians 15:47). 

One day, 

“Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, 

we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven” (1 Corinthians 15:52). 

Lord, this is incredibly good news. 

May we embrace it and may it bring comfort to us 

as we live in these dusty bodies. 

In Jesus’ resurrecting name. Amen. 

Read 1 Corinthians 15:35-49.