Breath Prayers

My wonderful fiance and I were having a conversation tonight about many things relating to our spiritual lives. One of the things he brought up that pressed on my heart was the concept of breath prayers. All it is is a simple phrase that you think to the rhythm of your breath for example : Breathing in, think "Be still and know", then breathing out, think "that I am God." Do this over and over until for as long as you like. I found this concept so profound. Many people, including myself, find prayer as a very difficult task because they have a hard time finding the right words to say. This concept of a breath prayer shows that one simple phrase, prayed with all the feeling you have, can be so uplifting to the spirit. So I encourage you to find a scripture or phrase that is on your heart and pray it, over and over. God is an awesome God and it is so amazing that we have this avenue of prayer to connect with him,

"Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."

In Christ and in Love,

Julie

Give Me Jesus

Wow. Such strong words--Give me Jesus. This spiritual has been on my heart, and my voice for a while now. I am performing an arrangement of it for my upcoming senior recital so these words have a definite impact on me. The first verse states "In the morning when I rise, Give me Jesus." Wow. It says all I want, all day, every day, is Jesus. That's it! The second verse states "Dark midnight was my cry, Give me Jesus." When troubles are in your life, all you need to rely on is Jesus! Wow! The last verse "Oh, when I come to die, give me Jesus. You may have ALL of this world, just give me JESUS!" Such powerful words! Nothing else in this world matters...you can have it all because all I want is Jesus!

May you wake up in the morning only wanting Jesus to fill you heart and bless you!

In Christ and in Love,

Julie

Touching Hearts

Since this is my first post as an official blogger, I am excited to see what this will bring to my life. My heart has been yearning to be a voice to others and to bless lives with my thoughts. I want to be available for people to come to and discuss anything! I want to be a supporter and encourager to those whose lives I cone in contact with.

I was in choir the other day and we started singing a  new song. We started out the rehearsal by reading the words. My heart was touched by these words and I became so excited that we would be sharing these words through song to people. Here are the words--a prayer by Mother Theresa. I hope that I can be like this in my life. May God bless you with these words today!

Dear Jesus,
Help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go.
Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love.
Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine.
Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul.
Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus.
Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as You shine, so to shine as to be a light to others.


-Mother Theresa


In Christ and in Love,
Julie