Creation Moments

Ian T. Taylor: Has dust taken over the world? Stay tuned for today's Creation Moment. And now here's our Creation Moment host, Ian Taylor.

It's behind your refrigerator and under your bed. It's part of the air you breathe. While dust is common, it's not commonplace at all. Much of the dust in our everyday lives is nothing more than tiny particles of skin, clothing, carpeting, just pieces of everyday life floating in the air.

Studies of dust particles reveal that most dust, in fact, is soil. However, a second common dust, even a thousand miles from the sea, is salt, driven into the wind by the waves. The next most common form of natural dust are volcanic eruptions and forest fires. Transatlantic winds pick up the dust of the Sahara Desert and sweep it across the ocean where enough of it sometimes lands in Miami to give the rain a light pink color.

Not only does your home have dust from all over the world, there's probably also some from outer space. Ten thousand tons of disintegrating meteorites and comets rain down upon Earth every year. You can even identify some of this dust by running a magnet through the dust in the rain gutter. In addition, some dust is alive, made up of pollen, fungus spores, and even dormant bacteria hoping to land on some good place to grow.

Dust reminds us that the world is smaller than we think and that it won't last forever. Are you ready for the next world? All your preparations have been made by Jesus Christ. Find out in the Bible what He has done for you today.

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