I went to The Story Tellers Tour with Andrew Peterson and Jason Gray. So great!
Jason sang a song called “The Sound Of Our Breathing” and explained how "it was inspired by a teaching I heard a few years ago about how God’s name, YHWH, is comprised of aspirated consonants that, spoken, are the sound of breathing." He talked about how maybe it was like this because God is in every breath we take, every heavy sigh of frustration, every nasty heaving sound we make as we cry and every joyous song that we sing. God is there through it all, as breath is in our body.
I had never heard this, and what a beautiful thing it is. I am holding on to this. Holding on to my God that is on every breath that comes from my simple lips.
This reminded me that every word I say is a reflection of my Savior. I have heard it so many times but this moment made it real. I need to watch my words, sometimes it's so easy to say how bad something is or talk bad about that person that offended me. God is on my lips, I am reflecting Him, time to dig deep and watch my mouth.
I ran across this quote, "Open your mouth, only if what you are about to speak is more beautiful than silence." and "If you can't be kind, be quiet." We reflect Christ, we nee to speak words of love and life or stay silent. It's a struggle, even James knew it would be "but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison." (James 3:8) So I pray we learn to tame the poison of our tongues and remember that God is there for every breath.