Dust and ashes – Thomas Brooks

Gen. 18:27, “And Abraham answered and said, Behold, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.” Here you have the father of the faithful, the greatest believer in the world, accounting himself dust and ashes. Solemnly think that you are dust and ashes and be proud if you can!

Dust notes the baseness of his original; and ashes notes his deserving to be burnt to ashes, if God should deal with him in justice rather than in mercy.

The nearer any soul draws to God, the more humble will that soul lie before God. None so near God as the angels, nor any so humble before God as the angels.