Lockdown 286

Lockdown Day 286 - 6 January 2021

Still on the topic of breathing, inhaling plus exhaling are both life sustaining.  When we exhale, our body gets rid of toxic Carbon dioxide, and when we inhale your body takes in air containing Oxygen our lungs and cells need for metabolic processes. The one can't exist without the other. 

Inhale + exhale = breathing. 

Job recognised this as a gift from God when He said in Job 33:4, "The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life. " 

Life and breathing is a continual cleansing process. Phyaically as well as spiritually. Like when you need to do a task and your desk needs to be clean from clutter. You will be able to keep going without cleaning up, but the clutter will slow you down. You may even be able to finish the task without getting rid of the clutter. But the clutter on your desk will invade your whole being. It will cloud your judgement and become an emotional and spiritual ball and chain too. And before long you will be in a toxic symbiosis that will become harmful to you. 

It is just as toxic as not exhaling carbon dioxide. 

So, if you have something weighing you down such as a physical task, work, or deadline, start by breathing. Close your mouth and inhale deeply through your nose. Hold that breath for 4 counts and then exhale everything by blowing it out forceully through your mouth. 

Repeat this only 3 times, then get up and clean up! Pick up 3 things at a time and move them to where they need to be: Put away, throw away or wash. After 30 minutes, repeat the breathing and replenish by drinking water. 

Just as you feel stronger when you breathe correctly, you will find that cleaning up your space will remove the clutter in your thinking and planning. 

Breathe some more. God did not design you like this for nothing. With every breath and every piece of clutter that is sorted, the life He designed in you returns to its original state and will you be able to do what needs to be done. And maybe even have joy in finishing it and reaching your goals. 

One big breath alone cannot keep you alive forever, you need to keep breathing. So it is with doing life. Keep on keeping on. And look for the golden nuggets along the way, the little amazing things God's puts in our path to remind us He walks with us. 

God's got you. 

God's got this.