Day 6: Just Breathe

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)