Day 9 Inspire
Inspiration means to ‘breath into’, in other words, to give
life. The very first example of inspiration in history comes from Genesis,
where God created man and woman and breathed into them the breath of life.
Sometimes when I sit and just listen to my breath, I think about that. God breathed
HIS breath into a human and this person became a living soul. It’s sometimes
quite amazing to think about. We all have the breath of God in us, whether we
acknowledge it or not. Air is everywhere. Breath is everywhere. God is everywhere. Where there is
breath, there is life. Where there is life, there is beauty.
Inspiration is a wonderful word. Where there is inspiration,
there is a dream or a plan or an action about to take place. Sometimes I need
inspiration to get me going. This morning I hemmed and hawed about whether or
not to go for a workout to the gym, about a 12 minute drive away. I just couldn’t
get motivated. Then I decided to text my girlfriend.
Wanna go to the gym this morning?
Sure! What time?
Just after 10:30.
See you
there!
Done! If I hadn’t texted her, I
don’t think I would have been inspired to move ahead with what I knew was good
for me. And she told me the same thing! Now I’m back, and I’m inspired to relax! And I don’t feel guilty at
all!
Sometimes just
knowing that a change must happen or there will be trouble is enough to inspire
a person. Health issues inspire a person
to change their diet. A sore shoulder inspires a person to do exercises. A
deadline inspires a person to quit scrolling and do what needs to be done. What
inspires you?
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I too think about how God breathed his breath into me.
ReplyDeleteIt is sometimes hard these days to get inspired about much with busy schedules. I'll get inspired about something, say like recently I thought it might be fun to carve a pumpkin for Halloween, but then I thought of the work involved and became uninspired. Will have to work on more inspiration for my life :)
betty
It can be hard to be inspired to do things that aren't really necessary, especially with a busy schedule. Then we just need to give ourselves permission not to do them :)
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