all that i am

All flesh is grass

And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field
 
The grass withers

the flower fades

Because 
the 
breath 
of the Lord 
blows 
upon it

 Isaiah 40:7


For from your viewpoint a thousand years
are merely like yesterday or a night watch

When you sweep them away
they become like sleep

by morning they are like growing grass
growing and flowering in the morning
but by evening cut down and dried up

Fill us at daybreak with your love
so that we can sing for joy as long as we live

Let our joy last as long as the time you made us suffer
for as many years as we experienced trouble

Show your deeds to your servants
and your glory to their children

May the favor of Adonai our God be on us
prosper for us all the work that we do 
yes, prosper the work that we do.
          p90



Let...
the lowly brother glory in his exaltation

and the rich in his humiliation

because as a flower of the field we all pass away

For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat 

than it withers the grass

its flower falls

and its beautiful appearance perishes

Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial 
because having stood the test
we will receive the crown of life

that the Lord has promised to those who love him

When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.”

For God does he tempt anyone
but each person is tempted
when they are dragged away by their own desire 
Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin
and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death

Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters

Every good and perfect gift is from above 

coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights

who does not change like shifting shadows

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth

that we might be a kind of first fruits of all he created

            James 1