dailydatewithgod

There is such a gift in open spaces.  Open spaces of time, thought, physical spaces, and so on.  In these open experiences we have the opportunity to receive the gifts that God is ready to give us.  When we are running about from one thing to the next with no pause, no contemplation, and no breath we get worn out. We live that way and we die quicker–even just from the no breath standpoint.  I think there is a reason behind the design of breathing in and out.  I imagine that God could have created us to just breathe in and get what we need.  But the fact that there is an in and an out, a reciprocation back and forth, a go and a stop, a give and a receive, then it is as designed.  It mirrors what life is meant to be like.  If I am always taking and never giving I am missing 1/2 the experience.  If I am taking care of but never let myself be taken care of I am denying and pushing away life and love.  My prayer for us today is that we be open to experiencing both ends of the spectrum of life–the in and the out of our breath, the closeness and the distance, and the love and the fear.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen