Are We Nothing More Than Blades of Grass?

Posted on January 26, 2025 by mitchteemley

A personal paraphrase of Psalm 90

Father

You have always been our home

Before the mountains were thrust up

Or the earth itself was shaped

You were our God

Yet at your word we turn to dust

For time has no substance to you

Substance has no substance to you

And so you sweep us away

Like blades of grass

That push themselves up at daybreak

And are hacked down by dusk

O, Lord

You frighten us

Your anger is more than we can bear

We know we sin

We know that you know we sin

How could you not?

Just look at what we’ve done

Does it sicken you?

How could it not?

Does it make you want to start again?

To clear us away

Like so many forgotten cobwebs?

Is this all we are?

Things that exist

And then cease to exist?

No!

Teach us to see as you see, Lord

Fill our hearts with You

We are lost in the present

Like blades of grass

And this is all we have

Unless you stay with us

Stay, Lord!

And lead us beyond the dusk

Into a different morning

Erase our sorrow

And displace it with your joy

For too long we have forgotten

That you are our Father

And we are your children

∞

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40 Responses to Are We Nothing More Than Blades of Grass?

  1. pcviii03 says:
    January 26, 2025 at 11:30 am

    Beautiful expression. Blessings

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  2. VJ says:
    January 26, 2025 at 11:52 am

    Such a heartfelt prayer

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  3. boromax says:
    January 26, 2025 at 12:03 pm

    A lovely metaphor (downright biblical!), and expressed wonderfully. Yes, Father, teach us to see as You see. Thank you, Mitch! ~Ed.

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  4. Piano girl says:
    January 26, 2025 at 12:04 pm

    Thank you, Mitch. Wise and timely reminder.

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  5. Nancy Homlitas says:
    January 26, 2025 at 1:04 pm

    This is thought-provoking and quite beautiful. Thanks, Mitch. 🙂

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  6. LoveLifeHappiness&More💙💙 says:
    January 26, 2025 at 1:23 pm

    Beautifully expressed, Mitch!

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  8. Jeanne Casey says:
    January 26, 2025 at 2:05 pm

    Beautiful Mitch.

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  9. M says:
    January 26, 2025 at 2:27 pm

    😔

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  10. davidsdailydose says:
    January 26, 2025 at 2:32 pm

    I like your paraphrase, Mitch. Especially the part about remembering we belong to God.

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  11. K.L. Hale says:
    January 26, 2025 at 3:03 pm

    Amen, Mitch! A heartfelt prayer/paraphrase—Father, we belong to you! Grace is a wonderful gift. Otherwise…
    “Are we nothing more than blades of grass?” To just be mowed, pulled, and wiped clean. I understand, Mitch. Thank you, Heavenly Papa for being OUR Father! We all belong to you!

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  12. joseph elon lillie says:
    January 26, 2025 at 4:21 pm

    His mercies are new every morning. Great is his faithfulness.

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  13. #hood says:
    January 26, 2025 at 6:01 pm

    upload psalms 65

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  14. Anonymous says:
    January 26, 2025 at 9:34 pm

    Yes Lord Jesus. Our lives in this world is a vapor that appears a little while and passes away. Help us, lead us, have mercy on us. We need You.

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  15. Jodi Celeste Goforth says:
    January 26, 2025 at 9:51 pm

    This was beautiful, Mitch. Amen, amen, amen

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  17. Angelo Devlin says:
    January 27, 2025 at 4:25 am

    I hope it is not sacrilegious to like your version better.

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  18. Anonymous says:
    January 27, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    I like how you ask God to give us His joy. Any other joy doesn’t measure up. And…”The joy of the Lord is (our) strength.” Nehemiah 8:10

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  19. Maddie Cochere says:
    January 27, 2025 at 11:42 pm

    A beautiful paraphrase, Mitch. I read yours along with the original. Very nice.

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  20. Thotaramani says:
    January 28, 2025 at 1:09 am

    I think the World needs the Lord’s blessings. Mitch!

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  22. Ann Coleman says:
    January 28, 2025 at 9:47 pm

    Just beautiful!

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  23. triciajots4Jesus says:
    January 30, 2025 at 12:07 pm

    Great paraphrase, Mitch.

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