Short and sweet this morning, though I may revisit this topic at a later date. So many things in the temporal world are so deeply analogous to things of the Spirit.
Coming out of sleep, my thoughts lingered upon the topic of breathing. It’s something that we easily take for granted. God has designed our physical bodies to automatically perform that process when the body’s pH reaches the edges of a very narrow window of optimum values. The body is, necessarily, very sensitive to fluctuations in pH. If it weren’t, death would result. And while breathing happens on its own, 24/7, there are advantages to making this process deliberate.
My life has been just a tad overwhelming lately, and I am so grateful for the constant interaction that God graciously allows us to have with him throughout the day. But, this morning, I woke up extremely grateful for my morning study/prayer time. It’s my time to slowly, deeply, and deliberately “breathe”—to exhale what is detrimental to me and to inhale what is beneficial to me in the form of ideas, beliefs, and goals, and in my understanding of God and his character.
The deeper I breathe, the more I feel life.