A Breath of Fresh Air: Let the Spirit In

At the moment I have a cold. It’s the third virus I have had this season so I am no stranger to a blocked nose and all that goes along with it. Sleeping is difficult when you can’t breathe. Added to that I am pregnant and my large belly is making breathing difficult. (And unable to take decongestant!)

“Blessed are those who can breathe freely…” are words I would not usually think to say. However when something so vital, so ingrained, so normally ubiquitous and under-recognised suddenly disappears we are rendered helpless.

There is another sort of ‘breath’ that is so vital, ingrained, ubiquitous and under-recognised. The Spirit.

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The Air I Breathe

Micah had an asthma attack last night.  It was around midnight, and he was crying that he couldn’t breathe.  I rushed into the room with his inhaler and tried to calm him down so that he could get the ventolin puffs.  But he was too distressed to take a good deep breath in.  I tried to stay calm, but I was also panicking, because if he didn’t breathe in the much-needed medicine, he could literally run out of breath. 

by: Jinha Kim

"But those who drink the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:14

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