Disaster Averted
Oxygen...we must have it to survive. Our bodies were made
to breathe in air and extract the oxygen, then release the other parts back
into the atmosphere. That's the way a normal body should work, but my friend
Molly's doesn't process that way and therefore needs to have straight oxygen
shooting into her nose to keep her body oxygenated.
On our recent trip all was going great until Paula noticed her mother's coloring
looked a bit pale. The next sign that things might not be right was when Molly
declared that she wasn't feeling so well. But the final blow came when she put
her head back, closed her eyes and began breathing with a gurgle.
A quick check of the oxygen tank revealed that it had not been turned on that
morning and Molly had almost passed out from lack of it.
What could have turned out to be a disastrous situation was quickly rectified
by just a few deep breaths of the pure oxygen.
Our spiritual lives can resemble this experience. We need to have the pure Word
of God poured into our souls. When we don't turn it on each morning, we get
ourselves into trouble. We don't look right or feel right and end up gasping in
desperation on the verge of destruction.
Isn't it easier just to begin each day with the rich Word feeding us, and
drawing on it all day long?
Psalm119:9-16 How can a
young person stay on the path of purity?
By living according to your word.
I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.
I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
Praise be to you, Lord;
teach me your decrees.
With my lips I recount
all the laws that come from your mouth.
I rejoice in following your statutes
as one rejoices in great riches.
I meditate on your precepts
and consider your ways.
I delight in your decrees;
I will not neglect your word.
By living according to your word.
I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.
I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
Praise be to you, Lord;
teach me your decrees.
With my lips I recount
all the laws that come from your mouth.
I rejoice in following your statutes
as one rejoices in great riches.
I meditate on your precepts
and consider your ways.
I delight in your decrees;
I will not neglect your word.
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