The Air I Breathe

There is something amazing that happens to us when we exceed our own expectations. I know I have felt it during this last year as I have pressed on with running and training for the upcoming Marathon. What a gift I have received each time I run farther than my last goal! As I have mentioned before, my "done" button was pressed a long time ago (by me)....yet I am learning there is more in me than I ever imagined! Thank you Lord for such knowledge! He walks and runs with me, revealing new strength in me that I had no idea I had. I am assured that what ever is in the future for me....the Marathon, writing, raising Katie, a profession... I will face all with a perspective I didn't have 16 months ago. Each day that I have lived in the last 16 months has been necessary in order to be standing as who I am today. Yes, I have opened my eyes to some days and then quickly closed them tightly, wanting to sleep it away. The praise that is on my lips today, is simply that those days have not outnumbered the others. Regardless of the emotions in my heart and soul....I cling to this amazing fact: Every breath brings me closer to the woman I have been created on purpose to be. So, I breathe. Something I truly have no control over. Strange, I have had my breath taken away, had it lodged deep in my throat with no escape, even felt it being sucked right out of me. Today, with each breath, I journey deeper into myself, always with His strength, guidance and amazing patience! I have sung "This is the Air I breathe" in worship so many times. So many times in fact, that when I was singing on the worship team, I would cringe a little when I saw it listed on the song list! Isn't that awful? To admit that is just the truth in my ugliness. Now, however, I meditate on the words that now minister to and reflect my very heart!

Gotta Run!

This is the air I breathe
This is the air I breathe
Your holy presence
Living in me

This is my daily bread
This is my daily bread
Your very word
Spoken to me

And I ... I'm desparate for you
And I ... I'm lost without you

This is air I breathe
This is air I breathe
Your holy presence
Living in me

This is my daily bread
This is my daily bread
Your very word
Spoken to me

And I ... I'm desparate for you
And I ... I'm lost without you (eh hey, yeah)
And I ... I'm desparate for you
And I ... I'm lost without you
And I ... I'm desparate for you
And I ... I'm lost without you
I'm lost without you
I'm lost without you
I'm lost without you (father)
I'm lost..without you

This is the air I breathe
This is the air I breathe