Learning to exhale

I can’t pinpoint when it started… Maybe it was few years ago or maybe it’s been several years now and I’m just beginning to realize it, but at some point, I started holding my breath without even thinking about it. I wasn’t doing it consciously, it was just something that naturally happened as though it had always been a part of me.

As my life has picked up in steam over the years, I just kept inhaling. Maybe you can relate?

I sat with some friends last night and while we chatted, the light turned on for me. God was gently reminding me to remember to exhale. We don’t have to think about breathing because our bodies are wired to do this on their own, but we do get to choose how often we exhale.

Ezekiel 37:5 “This is what the Sovereign Lord days: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again.”

I want to live fully alive and free! I don’t want to hold on to any breaths that weren’t meant for me carry within. How about you?

Oh God - teach us to live fully alive in you. Teach us to exhale again and again.