Breathe Holiness

When my friends are in dire need of prayer, I am much more likely to read the Bible. Funny, how that happens... So I read different Psalms in The Message this morning, over a fresh cup of French-pressed coffee. Aaaah, coffee and the Bible - you gotta love it. In Psalm 51, David pleads with God : "don't fail to breathe holiness in me".
I thought that was beautiful.
God. Breathing. Holiness. In. Me.
Wow.
I continued the day by hiking up a mountain behind my house - I got to a place where I could see all of LA and beyond, all the way to the next mountain range. It was breathtaking. I sat under a tree and gave some long thoughts to all the stuff that's been going on around me. It's always good to get a little perspective. Mountains are a good place for that. When you're surrounded with so much beauty, it's not as difficult to see God's goodness. Our vision can get so small and narrow sometimes... We begin to fear and fret and worry and doubt. Our hearts hurt, our souls grow cold, our spirits sink.
Yet God doesn't fail to breathe holiness in us.
So take a deep breath.