Breathe

Today, my mind is in a million different places... 
Transitions.  Weddings.  Missing mom.  Loving love.  Christmas.  Youth ministry.  In laws.  Good friends.  Work.  Everything that 2015 has entailed. 
Seriously....my mind is a pinball machine at the moment!  While some of my thoughts are incredibly hard and full of struggle & doubt, most of the events running through my head contain great joy.  And in the midst of both joy and struggle, I am reminded of something. 

...it is His breath in our lungs

I love that phrase.  I love that reminder.  It's beautifully simple, wonderfully powerful, and stunningly peaceful. 

We are borrowing life.  Life from the Great Creator.  We are not our own. 
And that's amazing...  It's amazing to have love and gratitude for Him who blows air into my soul and stirs my heartstrings as He moves. 

In the joy and in the struggle, we are not our own.  May we remember that when times are hard.  When life is taken from us.  When we grieve.  And may we remember that when we are joyful.  When we love others.  When we praise Him with our actions, our words, our thoughts, our life. 

When I breathe, Lord, I breath you in.  When I breathe, Lord, your love is my exhale.