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Just Breathe

When my kids get really upset I sing them a song from one of their favorite shows, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. It goes, "Let's count down to calm down, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1." Then at the end we say, "breathe" and take a breath.

I started doing this with my son when he was still a baby when he would be having a meltdown. The sound of me singing a song he knew always calmed him. Now my son does it with his sister when she is upset and hard to soothe. It instantly calms her just like it calms him.

In moments of my greatest anxiety I find that God always brings an on-time song to my mind and tells me, "Just Breathe".

In the end, its the breaths that we take that help us know that we are alive and remind us that we are loved by God and still within the reach of His grace and mercy.

So I leave with you today this thought,

God has promised to never leave you, nor forsake you and He can work EVERYTHING out for our good. So Just Breathe. It will be alright.


The Unlikely Missionary
DHW
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