Breathe

April 26, 2024

 This week’s verse is from Psalm 23:1 “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.” 

One way of speaking God’s name is simply by breathing. YHVH are soft consonants in Hebrew; as if you were breathing in and out. In the Bible, the words for “breath,” “wind,” and “spirit” are the same: “ruach” in Hebrew, and “pneuma” in Greek can mean any of those three words, depending on context. So pay attention to your breathing. Slow down. Breathe deeply and deliberately. Inhale YH, exhale VH, taking in the breath of God and breathing out his Holy Spirit’s breath upon all you do, just as God’s Spirit moved upon the waters of Creation and brought forth life. Breath in God’s Spirit; exhale his life-giving breath on all you do today.