ruah YHWH, continued

i keep coming back to it

i can't get enough of it

ruah YHWH ruah YHWH ruah YHWH

i'm thinking of tattooing it somewhere on my body

my altar of remembrance

my discipler (?) told me that i should build one

right now

because right now

i am free

but this freedom, this joy, this ease of

living and breathing and being

may not last

will not last

it is here, though, right now

and so i'm led back to this idea of

ruah YHWH
breath of life
and how beautiful it is
because, in this time,
i have become aware of so many things
specifically, my breathing

when my breathing speeds up

and my lungs feel shallow

and my heart is racing

when the world goes dark

and doubt clouds everything

and i wonder who i am

The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gave me life.

this ruah YHWH is

everything

life-giving breath
Spirit of God

source of wisdom

God's creative action

His breath in me
giving me life

sometimes i forget to breath

which sounds odd, i know

but sometimes i find myself

holding my breath

in anticipation
or in angst
or in...?
i'm not really sure
all i know is that i'm not breathing

so i have to remind myself

to breathe the breath that He gives

now

and now

and now

and now

His breath transforms

But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

His breath has power

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.

death to life

death to life

death to life
with every breath

This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.