Posted on March 27, 2009 - by Andy McMahon

Dust.

“May you be covered in the dust of your rabbi.”

It’s been explained to me by my father in law as an old adage people used to say when a student left to follow their rabbi.  It meant, basically, follow your rabbi so closely that his dust can’t get anywhere besides all over you.

Can you imagine a world where all ‘Christians’ followed Jesus so closely, that we were all covered in the dust from His footsteps?  I even think there are some churches that if we were to follow that closely, we would not be allowed through the front doors!  My goal is for my life to be covered in the dust of Jesus Christ.  Not just certain parts of my life either.  Not just the convenient parts.  All parts.  The parts that hurt a little($$$), all of it.

Because when you get down to it, you can’t pick and choose dust particles.  You’re either covered or you’re not.  My prayer is that we will all be covered.