{{Today is Friday!!!  It is the day I link with Lisa Jo Baker for Five Minute Friday. Here is how it works…. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. Lots of women. We all write on the same word.})

And today the word is …. Exhale.

On any given day, I  breathe easily, without thinking. My brain tells me to breathe much the way it tells my heart to beat. And I do not have to do anything to do these much needed, and necessary, functions.

Until I hold my breath.

I hold my breath when waiting for the next shoe to drop. Or to hear the doctor bring a diagnosis. Or when I am afraid. Or when I am stressed. It is at those times, I must tell myself, “Breathe! Inhale. Exhale.”

Exhale.

God exhaled His breathe into the first man and so life began for the people He created. And He still exhales into my life today.

He exhales life into my being and my situations through His Word.

“It is written, “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak.” (2 Corinthians 4:13)

We are able to read God’s promises, His Word recorded to us and handed down through the ages. We inhale.

And as each day occurs and the stresses of the day unfold, we speak those promises back to remind ourselves of Who our God is and what He can do and that He is faithful.

We exhale.

And we keep inhaling His Word and exhaling His promises and our faith gets stronger. We breathe a little easier, more normally, as we remember our lives are being held in His capable hands.

Today I am joining … Five Minute Friday and Faith Filled Friday and Friendship Fri. and Essential Fri. and Fellowship Fri. .