breathe in. breathe out.

Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is the importance of breath in life.

duh. right?

Yeah, of course breathing is important, but the notion that breath is one of the "givers of life" in our bodies is astounding to me.
During Yoga (which I'm becoming really fond of) our teacher was talking about the importance of breathing in stretching. A steady breath causes a person to be able to relax and stretch up to four times more than a person with a sporadic breathing pattern.
Then while in choir, the teacher was stressing the point of good breathing habits. He spoke of the weak sound of a bad breather in contrast to the full, beautiful sound of a good breather.
While having a mild asthma attack that night, I thought about the comfort a big, long breath brings. It clears the mind.

Then it hit me-the first breath of mankind was directly given by a great, majestic, all-powerful God. Humankind was filled with the "breath of life". How amazing is that?! He decided to form us out of dust (seemingly nothing) and fill us with breath (seemingly nothing) and created mankind.

Just dwell in that today, as you breath in and out. That breath was, and continues to be, quite a lovely gift from God.