A breath of fresh air

One of the things that I just wrote in my journal was that having a relationship with God leads to a lot of "I kid you not" moments.

Today has just been one of those days were I feel like I was breathing in a lot of stale air. It was a great day up to this point, I just didn't feel as refreshed as I should be. Driving back into town, I called Rachel and was talking with her about that feeling that we both felt today. I told her that we need to figure out how we can start breathing in some fresh air.

As I said that to her, I remember thinking to myself. I bet what I read in my bible this evening will have something to do with a feeling of freshness/fresh air.

We just started reading Psalms together today and check out the first three verses of Psalm 1...

"Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who mediates on his law day and night.
That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither - 
whatever they do prospers." - (Psalm 1:1-3)

Talk about a breath of fresh air!

...the one who mediates on God's word day and night is like a tree planted by streams of water...

When I have read this in the past I remember thinking...who in the world has time to read their Bible 24 hours a day! I don't think anybody has the time for that.

I believe once you start reading your bible on a consistent daily basis is when you will be able to mediate on it day and night. In a nutshell that is how my changed. When I became disciplined with reading my bible I was thinking better thoughts, and every day and night I would think about the things I had read at some point in the day. At first, it happened every so often, but now it's daily.

My breath of fresh air comes from Jesus time every day. When my days feel weird, I immediately know what I was missing.

My one thing for you today is to get in the word of God...that is where you will find fulfillment. It's where you will get a breath of fresh air...until you actually do something about it you won't understand what the breath of fresh air is actually like...

~ it's pure, clean, refreshing, everlasting, eternal, powerful and fulfilling ~