Living requires breathing

Breathing is something we do everyday without a second thought, yet it is vital to life.  The breaths that fill our lungs give us life and sustain us.  It's necessary whether we ever think about it or not.  What if each breath we took depended on our thought...our intentional thought about each breath...its purpose and importance.  How long would we survive?

I've been thinking a lot about these seasons that we pass through...am I intentional with these moments that pass like breaths?  What importance do I place on them...importance like the vital breaths I take to live?  It's so easy to just allow them to pass by without even a fleeting thought just as it is with these precious breaths of life.  I want to chose to be intentional.  I want to chose to recognize the importance of each moment....the role these moments play in this grand scheme that God has for my life.  God has been heavy on my heart for this.  Heavy on my heart to have faith, be still, and breathe in these moments.  

So this has brought about the questions...what is taking up these breaths?  What things and people are occupying my days?  Is this what God would have me filling these moments with?  How do I accomplish this intentional living while being what I think I need to be to those around me?  

So this brings choices...choices that are hard and choices that are easier...but choices that are necessary.  My prayer is that the choices are make about this intentional time glorify Him and Him alone. 

One thing I know is that these precious red headed girls and my Dennie need me.  They need my intentional time...they need my love and attention.  So some things are going to have to take a less prominent space in my life.  And in the end it'll all be alright.  In the prophetic words of Trace Atkins...I don't want to miss this when I'm gone!  Can I get an amen!

Psalm 90:12 

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.