Find me here in this place
Son of God, Saving Grace
At this hour– all my days
Breathe on me, breathe on me
Morning Star shine Your light
As I walk through this life
God of power, God of might
Breathe on me, breathe on me
Forever You are my reason for living
Merciful Savior unending, breathe on me
When I’m weak You are strong
Your breath in me will be my song
In You, my King, I belong
Breathe on me, breathe on me
Forever You are my reason for living
Merciful Savior unending, breathe on me
Forever You are the God of my story
Write every line for Your glory, breathe on me
Breathe on me, breathe on me
When I am weak, You are strong
Your breath in me will be my song
When I am weak, You are strong
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We sang this song at church today. We got there late and had not been in the service for 30 seconds before I felt an overwhelming sense of…everything: thankfulness, peace, love, comfort and joy. If you are not familiar with the Bible or with God,it sounds odd to desire God to BREATHE on you. I don’t usually want people to breathe on me and I would certainly never ASK someone to do it!
After the song was done I said, “I’m going to blog about this today.” (Addicted much?) Anyway, you know I’ve had a stressful emotional week and through this song God just kinda bandaged all those wounds up today. But as I was thinking what I would write about, I started wondering WHY God breathes? What does that even mean? Why would I ask Him to breathe on me?
So, I looked it up. I found two instances in the Bible where God breathed on someone. The first is in Genesis, the book of beginnings. God breathes into some dirt he fashioned…and when he did Adam, the first man was born. The second place is in the book of John. Jesus has just come back to life and has appeared to his disciples. They are terrified of him, of their situation and are wondering what in the heck is going on. Jesus breathes on them and says, “Receive the Holy Spirit…”
The first time God breathes it was to bring LIFE into Adam’s body. The second time was to bring ETERNAL life and peace and power into the disciples lives. Isn’t that what we want? Life? Peace? Power? Eternity?
Today I didn’t have to ask Him. He breathed on me. Every word of that song was a heart cry for me. He answered me. By breathing on me.
He wants to do the same for you.
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Absolutely beautiful post, Amanda! And one I needed to read right now. Thank you!!
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July 26, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Great post, thanks!
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Amazing session today, was so needed on my end as well. I admire your desire to write….wish I’d get back to it, maybe it’d help me from going insane! Wondered who sang it, will have to find it now. Your family makes me smile, thanks for letting me share in your joy!
Hey Amanda! Just now getting back & getting caught up on your week. I’m sorry it was such a difficult one but happy that it ended with this:) Love yoU!
Amanda,
It’s been a long time since I’ve read your blog, but I’m so glad I did today. Wow, that was great…I’m going to tweet it, I think!
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AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!!
Great post! Thanks for the reminder of how much I need Him to breathe on me to sustain me!
Thank you for sharing this. I needed to hear it yesterday, when I had one of the worst days… leaving the sanctuary in tears, dragging the boys yelling behind me… I don’t know the song though. I’ll have to find a recording.
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