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Breath and Brevity Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 33–34 1 Peter 5 the days ordained for were written in your book before one of them came be. Psalm 9. Today's Scripture & Insight: Psalm 9.7– Mom, my sisters, and I waited by Dad’s bed as his breaths became shallower and less and less frequent—until they were no more. Dad was a few days shy of eighty- when he slipped quietly into the life beyond where God awaited him. His departure left us with a void where he once resided and only memories and mementos to remind us of him. Yet we have the hope that one day we’ll be reunited. We have that hope because we believe Dad is with God, who knows and loves him. When Dad breathed his first breath, God was there breathing breath into his lungs (Isaiah 42:5). Yet even before his first and with every breath in between, God was intimately involved in each detail of Dad’s life, just as He is in yours and mine. It was God who wonderfully designed and “knit” him together in the womb (Psalm 9:–). And when Dad breathed his last breath, God’s Spirit was there, holding him in love and carrying him be with Him (vv. 7–10). The same is true for of God’s . Every moment of our brief life earth is known by Him (vv. 1–4). We’re precious Him. With each day remaining and in anticipation of the life beyond, let’s join with “everything that has breath” praise Him. “Praise the Lord”! (0:6). Reflect & Pray How does knowing that God is intimately involved in your life give you hope? How can you use your breath praise Him? Loving God, thank You for creating and giving breath—and for giving hope. In the sorrow and losses of life, help cling You. 
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I praise Him in our quiet times together, and in song whether alone or in congregation with others, and I praise Him when I talk about Him and the wonderful things He has done. But just as important, and maybe more so that what is said, is I praise Him when I try to follow His teachings and examples and accept people as they are and treat them decently. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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