Apartment Worship & Breathing In His life

                                       

I have gone through 8 weeks of swim lessons!  It hasn't been an easy road. I found this picture of me from my early years of being a part of a program at University that trained studying physiotherapists.  Those days were good, but I never learned to swim!  Since starting swimming I have learned that probably the most important factor is the way that you breathe and relax in water!  Over these weeks, my breathing has become more rhythmic and it's amazing how in the most tense moments of my lesson, the word "Relax!"(said repeatedly by my determined swim coach), has made a difference in the way I move through the water.  Those moments when I breath out and in...those moments when I pray for peace when I am in the deep waters have become things that teach me in and out of the water.

I want to be the kind of woman who moves rhythmically to the voice of her supreme Coach.  I can go through life trying to move ahead and go forward, but so often I let doing, fear, and other things keep me drowning.  Oh, but then I hear the sweet loud voice of Jesus say, "Relax, Dee...Breathe!  Come be with Me.  My Breath is in your Lungs... and I will keep you moving in the rhythms of MY grace & heartbeat! So I am in the process of learning how to be and not just do...of learning how to breathe and not try to move in my own strength.  It really is HIS breath breathed into me that keeps me above the waves!
This clip of a song is one that I had to declare as I sat this morning to receive & breathe. It is called  "Great Are You, Lord"  It is my living room/ apartment worship :) So sit back, and breathe in HIS grace & peace today!

Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG) 
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly."
 
 
Acts 17: 28“‘In Him we live and move and have our being’;[d]

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Truth (even when it hurts)

  Some years ago I had a friend who I was interested in pursuing a deeper, dating relationship with. I’m not usually so forward with my feelings, but I knew he was a guy that hit many of the characteristics I had prayed for in a spouse. So what did I do? I prayed and prayed, I talked it over with a trusted friend and finally discerned that I would need to initiate a conversation with him that would clarify if he wanted that deeper relationship too.   I was told the truth. He couldn’t date me. We then had a brief awkward conversation about how I maybe had the wrong idea and how he had lead me on emotionally. He left the conversation promising to restore his brotherhood to me and then we left. Phew. Ouch! I cried and I cried, but to this day I am glad someone was able to be truthful enough with me even if it meant I’d be hurt.  To be honest I don’t usually want to have conversations that risk my comfort and my heart so much, but I’d rather live with what is true than live in a false way.
Read more

No More Cancer

Image
These are the words we heard beginning of January regarding my mom.  In mid-November we heard the opposite that she did have a cancerous tumour on her tongue. A surgery to remove it and reconstruct her tongue have left her with a positive recovery period and the gift of no more cancer. Still today I know that there are those that are battling this disease I am praying for. Treatments, medications, pain, fatigue. All of it looking pretty grim. Why does God allow these things? I don’t really know and I will not speak for Him. I do have a quote that rolls around my heart from time to time:  “ God permits what He hates to accomplish that which He loves”  Although this quote doesn’t fully answer all the questions of suffering I believe it helps us ask what God loves. What does God love? Hearts that trust Him deeply in pain, healing of His children in His time and His way, a longing for us to know Him in spite of our suffering—just as He suffered on the cross. Yes, God loves to accomplish go
Read more

Shake Off the Dust

 “Shake off the dust of apathy and sleep” This line in a prayer I listened to this morning hits me hard. There’s so much going on in the world that even if we don’t have an active role in anything we must pay attention to it. The wars in Ukraine, Russia, Gaza and Israel come in to my mind. I’ll admit that it’s easier and more comfortable to just listen to my own life’s needs than to have an ear to the bigger picture, but now is the time. It’s time to turn down our music, rise from our church pews and hear from God on these things. Wake up, Deanna! I say to myself. Wake up Christians and pray for the true justice of God to take over! Let there be ceasefire, let there be a shaking and a stirring towards the things of God’s heart. I mean I can’t force you to turn down the music and listen. I can’t force you or anyone to stop fighting, but I can shake the dust off my own heart. I believe as Christians we are called to this. Wake up, church and let’s stand for godly justice. It rolls like t
Read more