Day 6: Just Breathe
- Joni
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
FIRST THINGS FIRST.
INHALE.
EXHALE.
REPEAT.
And before you know it you are BREATHING
like you have never
BREATHED before,
because you are so
STILL
as if time has stopped.
Not because your circumstances have changed,
but because
YOU HAVE!
You are STILL!
You stop rushing through
THE MOMENT
and begin
EMBRACING THE MOMENT
just as it is.
Because
STILLNESS
has a way of
CALMING THE WATERS
within.
You begin to SEE things around you,
which have always been there,
but it is as if
you have been blind before.
You SEE GOD in ALL THINGS.
A sunrise.
A sunset.
A child.
A smile.
A tear.
Your next breath.
And suddenly, you realize
you are ALIVE.
INHALE.
EXHALE.
REPEAT.
GOD has you right where you are in this time and space,
breathing with you.
The ONE who gave you your first BREATH
is sustaining your next one.
BREATHE that in.
This is your MOMENT.
"BE STILL AND KNOW THAT GOD IS GOD"
(Psalm 46:10) .
INHALE.
EXHALE.
REPEAT.
And then it happens.
A THOUGHT interrupts your peace.
A MEMORY stirs your heart.
A PAIN~
physical or emotional~
reminds you that life is so very real.
The hurt.
The sorrow.
The disappointment.
The fear.
Your BREATHING becomes quicker.
Your heart begins to race.
But then you remember.
BREATHE.
INHALE.
EXHALE.
REPEAT.
And then something changes,
even though your circumstances haven't changed,
because you
KNOW
that you are not
BREATHING ALONE.
You are BREATHING with
THE ONE
who gave you your first
BREATH.
Because every
BREATH
is a reminder that this life isn't yours to control.
For
IT ISN'T ABOUT ME!
LIFE is a GIFT to receive.
Every INHALE is GRACE.
Every EXHALE is TRUST.
Every BREATH is
an INVITATION TO SURRENDER
your need to control,
to remember
that
GOD IS GOD,
and
you and I are NOT.
Oh,
what freedom there is in that.
Less striving.
Less fear.
Less of ME.
More TRUST.
More PEACE.
More of HIM.
So today,
don't waste your BREATH trying to carry what only
GOD can carry.
BREATH as if it is you are doing it for the first time.
INHALE.
EXHALE.
REPEAT.
BE STILL AND KNOW THAT GOD IS GOD!
FIRST THINGS FIRST~
"BREATHE"
(listen to the song below)
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