Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Although we rarely give it much of a thought, breathing is a really big deal. Physically, when you breathe, you inhale nitrogen, oxygen and a small amount of other gases. You become a shape-shifter as your diaphragm tightens and moves down to increase the space in your chest cavity. The muscles between your ribs jump in moving the rib cage up and out. Whew.
Each inhalation fills you with approximately 6 liters of air which eventually gets to your lungs, your blood vessels, and your heart. The oxygen-rich blood is carried through your body. Seems important (National Institute of Health, 2012).
Since there are finite supplies of nitrogen and oxygen, those molecules get arranged and rearranged all the time. A popular theory is that when we inhale, we breathe in the same oxygen molecules that Christ inhaled. That theory has been quantified and verified. With each breath, you do breathe in 4.685 trillion molecules that once traveled through the lungs of Jesus.
Does this mean a spiritual connection with Jesus with as you breathe in? No. It’s not the molecules; for you also breathe in 4.685 trillion molecules of every human on the planet. Gandhi, Beethoven, Hitler, Lincoln, King, Eve, Esther, Judas.
It’s not the molecules; it’s what your faith, love and hope lead you to do with the molecules.
Your spiritual connection with our Lord happens when you exhale.
Fear not,
Alexander Paige
Although we rarely give it much of a thought, breathing is a really big deal. Physically, when you breathe, you inhale nitrogen, oxygen and a small amount of other gases. You become a shape-shifter as your diaphragm tightens and moves down to increase the space in your chest cavity. The muscles between your ribs jump in moving the rib cage up and out. Whew.
Each inhalation fills you with approximately 6 liters of air which eventually gets to your lungs, your blood vessels, and your heart. The oxygen-rich blood is carried through your body. Seems important (National Institute of Health, 2012).
Since there are finite supplies of nitrogen and oxygen, those molecules get arranged and rearranged all the time. A popular theory is that when we inhale, we breathe in the same oxygen molecules that Christ inhaled. That theory has been quantified and verified. With each breath, you do breathe in 4.685 trillion molecules that once traveled through the lungs of Jesus.
Does this mean a spiritual connection with Jesus with as you breathe in? No. It’s not the molecules; for you also breathe in 4.685 trillion molecules of every human on the planet. Gandhi, Beethoven, Hitler, Lincoln, King, Eve, Esther, Judas.
It’s not the molecules; it’s what your faith, love and hope lead you to do with the molecules.
Your spiritual connection with our Lord happens when you exhale.
Fear not,
Alexander Paige
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