Breathing Deep

I read a quote today. It spoke of living and questioned how much living is being done. All said in a few simple and short words (easy words for this blonde to understand!).

‎"Listen,

are you breathing just a little

and calling it a life?"

~Mary Oliver

So often I find myself holding my breath, taking in and exhaling the air in short gasps. I want to hold onto the moments I am witnessing,

or suffocate the moments I wish never were.

All these moments:

They can make us!!

Let us hope:

Better.

Stronger.

More Grateful.

Lovelier.

Living moments,

a living people,

Living by

the grace and mercy of God.

In reading a word from the Lord today, I sat amazed at the beauty of His gifts:

"The Spirit of God has made me,

And the breath of the Almighty

gives me life."

~Job 33:4

I am living with the breath of God! The breath of God in me!!!! How fabulous is that?!!? So now, I hope I remember to breathe in the moments. All of them. Because, to drink fully of the air and the moments is to breathe in the promises of a LORD who keeps His word, the hope of His promises, the certainty of what we do not see, the blessings and comfort of what we do see.

Yes.

It is time

to breathe deep.