Breathe Now

What does the future hold? So far I've not predicted it, but I keep trying. It is a life long question. I hold my breath in anticipation of the answers - tense and unsettled. Relax, just breathe!

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If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers - most of which are never even seen - don't you think He'll attend to you, take pride in you, do His best for you? What I'm trying to do here is get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving... Don't worry about missing out. You'll find your everyday human concerns will be met. Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow.
-Matthew 6:30-34, The Message

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from "Breathe" on the new U2 album: No Line on the Horizon...

Every day I die again, and again I'm reborn
Every day I have to find the courage
to walk out into the street
with arms out
got a love you can't defeat
neither down or out
there's nothing you have that I need
I can breathe
Breathe now

I've found grace inside a sound
I found grace, it's all that I found
And I can breathe
Breathe now
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from my journal on Sunday 3/26/06...

Always coming back to this same reality:
life is a breathing in and out,
a heart beating over and over again,
a nourishing daily
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Psalm 37:3
Trust in the Lord and do good today
Dwell in the land
and cultivate faithfulness
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God gives grace for today, to breathe in and out - what a freeing and boundless grace it is!