7) Breathe In ... Breathe Out

With what do you associate "Breathe In ... Breathe Out"?

R: It's a pregnant women doing exercise.

C: It's a healthy therapy. According to the article from AssociatedContent, "Breath therapy efficiently generates oxygen to the tissues and energizes the body, calms and balances the nervous system. It also helps massage and cleanses internal organs, improves lymphatic circulation, removes wastes from the body's cells, and helps release negative emotions and experiences"...ultimately releasing stress & tension!

What about the Bible? the word "Breathe" is used many times and i was very excited to find the following from passage 2 Timothy 3:16-17....

NIV version:

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

King James translation:

All scripture is given by inspiration of God [theopneustos], and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

According to Wilkipedia, theopneustos comes from the Greek word θεοπνευστος and it literally means "God-breathed" or "breathed out by God" and I immediately associate this with God giving life to Adam by breathing air into Adam's nostrils (See Genesis 2). Also the word "inspiration" comes by way of the the Latin and the same Greek word θεοπνευστος.

R & I feel heavy ladened lately coz of our stress dealing with our growing pain. Our head keeps spinning, resulting lack of sleep (plus Roy's nose is stuffy for a long time). I feel like we're dying even though we are clinging close to God through prayers. We've shared this with some brothers & sisters and they've cheered us up in moments but the feeling is still strong until I saw Rosamond's msn note: "Breath in....Breath Out...Breath In...Breath Out"

Surprisingly, R had a reflection last night...he sees the reason why he's failing because he's been relying on his limited reserve of God's words, so the most critical thing he needs to work on is enrichment in Biblical knowledge.

All i can say is we need to engage in more oxygen-intake exercises plus the intake of God's words.

R: please go to the doctor soon and fix your stuffy nose problem!


~cC