Welcome to the Daily Still podcast, a place to pause. Here we create space to listen for the

whispers of God. I'm your host Cindy Helton, and I believe one of the greatest gifts we can give to

ourselves is room to be still. Ecclesiastes 3-1 tells us,

for everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven.

This is a time to slow down and reset, nurturing your body and soul.

So find a quiet space,

relax and get comfortable.

Take several slow, deep breaths,

centering your thoughts on God with you.

Now let's settle in and begin. God, the Lord, created the heavens and stretched them out.

He created the earth and everything in it.

And he gives breath to everyone, life to everyone who walks the earth.

Isaiah 42. 5

When are you most aware of being present with God? How often do you pay attention to the rhythm of your breathing moment with yourself and God is to pay attention to your breathing. So let's do that now. Simply be present to these moments of

slow time as you pay attention to the miracle of breath and life itself. Take several slow, deep breaths. As you breathe in, imagine your lungs filling up,

delivering oxygen into your bloodstream, replacing worn-out cells with new cells that supply you with energy and support

your immune system.

We are God's incredible handiwork, and we are amazingly designed.

So breathe. The poet Mary Oliver asks,

Listen, are you breathing just a little and calling it a life?

Do you ever feel like you're breathing just a little?

Or perhaps breathing too fast with anxious thoughts? Paying attention to your breathing is soul care.

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